THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 1973
• Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Based on Frederick Forsyth's best-selling novel of political intrigue, 'The Day of the Jackal' tells of a cold, suave British assassin hired by the French OAS to kill General Charles de Gaulle. Nameless and faceless, the killer, known by the code name of Jackal (Edward Fox), relentlessly moves toward the date with death that would rock the world. The tension mounts as the methodical preparations of the Jackal are paralleled with the efforts of the police to uncover the plot, which gives the story non-stop, edge-of-your-seat suspense.
• Cast: Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Denis Carey, Adrien Cayla-Legrand, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, Vernon Dobtcheff, Jacques François, Olga Georges-Picot, Raymond Gérôme, Barrie Ingham, Derek Jacobi, Michael Lonsdale, Jean Martin, Ronald Pickup, Eric Porter, Anton Rodgers, Delphine Seyrig, Donald Sinden, Jean Sorel, David Swift, Timothy West, Colette Bergé, Gérard Buhr, Philippe Léotard, Féodor Atkine, Jacques Brunet, Jean Champion, Nicole Desailly, Max Faulkner, Robert Favart, Andréa Ferréol, Gilberte Géniat, Edward Hardwicke, David Kernan, Robert Le Béal, Bernard Musson, Howard Vernon, Nicholas Young, Fred Zinnemann, Frederick Forsyth, Kenneth Ross, John Woolf, Irving Allen, Albert R. Broccoli, Claude Perrier, Jean Tournier, Ralph Kemplen, Georges Delerue
• Director: Fred Zinnemann
• Runtime: 2:23
• Company: Universal Pictures, Warwick Film Productions
• Media Format: Movie