Director: Fred Zinnemann

Writer: Kenneth Ross

From novel: The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

Music Composed and Conducted by: Georges Delerue

Producer: John Woolf

Keywords: Thriller, Assassination, Sniper

A conservative faction, upset over his ending the bloody war in Algeria, hires a legendary assassin to kill French President Charles de Gaulle. Detective Claude Lebel is tasked with trying to stop a killer about whom almost nothing is known. Masterpiece political thriller, with minimal dialogue and the viewer in constant suspense. Received an Oscar nomination for Best Editing.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Terence Alexander	Actor	11-Mar-1923	28-May-2009	Charlie Hungerford in Bergerac
Cyril Cusack	Actor	26-Nov-1910	7-Oct-1993	Gone to Earth
Vernon Dobtcheff	Actor	14-Aug-1934		Priceless
Edward Fox	Actor	13-Apr-1937		Force 10 from Navarone
Derek Jacobi	Actor	22-Oct-1938		Claudius on I, Claudius
Michael Lonsdale	Actor	24-May-1931		Moonraker
Eric Porter	Actor	8-Apr-1928	15-May-1995	The Forsyte Saga
Donald Sinden	Actor	9-Oct-1923	11-Sep-2014	Two's Company
Timothy West	Actor	20-Oct-1934		Edward the King

CAST

Edward Fox	...   The Jackal
and
Terence Alexander	...   Lloyd
Michel Auclair	...   Col. Rolland
Alan Badel	...   The Minister
Tony Britton	...   Insp. Thomas
Denis Carey	...   Casson
Adrien Cayla-Legrand	...   The President
Cyril Cusack	...   The Gunsmith
Maurice Denham	...   Gen. Colbert
Vernon Dobtcheff	...   The Interrogator
Jacques François	...   Pascal
Olga Georges-Picot	...   Denise
Raymond Gerome	...   Flavigny
Barrie Ingham	...   St. Clair
Derek Jacobi	...   Caron
Michael Lonsdale	...   Lebel
Jean Martin	...   Wolenski
Ronald Pickup	...   The Forger
Eric Porter	...   Col. Rodin
Anton Rodgers	...   Bernard
Delphine Seyrig	...   Colette
Donald Sinden	...   Mallinson
Jean Sorel	...   Bastien-Thiry
David Swift	...   Montclair
Timothy West	...   Berthier
with
Bernard Archard	...
Jacques Alric	...
Colette Berge	...
Edmond Bernard	...
Gerard Buhr	...
Philippe Leotard	...
Maurice Teynac	...
Van Doude	...
Nicolas Vogel	...

REVIEWS

Review by Al Lopez, CEBS (posted on 10-Feb-2008)

Realism. I always look for characters and a plot that are believeable. Of course my boundaries are wider in all directions. Edward Fox is uniquely cast for the role of Chacal. The part of Inspector Lloyd is also quite good. You know from the start that Lloyd is capable of winning. Somehow I am always looking for the fork in the road that eventually is the doom of Chacal. Richard Remy and Rod Taylor will be immortalized, now Edward Fox.

Review by anonymous (posted on 27-Jun-2006)

This is the very best in masterful storytelling. Fox's performance as a cool psychotic assassin is hypnotic in its intensity. Just a beautiful British/French collaboration with actors who really know what it means to be professional. It's the kind of movie that film aficionados crave but rarely experience.

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