The Day of the Jackal (1973)
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
Director:
Fred Zinnemann
Writer:
Kenneth Ross
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Edward Fox as The Jackal |
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Terence Alexander as Lloyd |
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Michel Auclair as Colonel Rolland |
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Alan Badel as the Minister |
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Tony Britton as Inspector Thomas |
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Denis Carey as Casson |
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Cyril Cusack as Gunsmith |
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Maurice Denham as General Colbert |
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Michael Lonsdale as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel |
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Vernon Dobtcheff as Interrogator |
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Jacques François as Pascal |
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Olga Georges-Picot as Denise |
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Raymond Gérôme as Flavigny |
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Barrie Ingham as St. Clair |
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Delphine Seyrig as Colette de Montpellier |
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Derek Jacobi as Inspector Caron |
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Jean Martin as Victor Wolenski |
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Ronald Pickup as The Forger |
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Eric Porter as Colonel Rodin |
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Anton Rodgers as Jules Bernard |
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Adrien Cayla-Legrand as Charles de Gaulle |
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Donald Sinden as Mallinson |
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Jean Sorel as Jean Bastien-Thiry |
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David Swift as Montclair |
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Timothy West as Commissioner Berthier |
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Bernard Archard as Detective Hughes |
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Jacques Alric as French Detective |
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Colette Bergé as Lebel's Wife |
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Edmond Bernard as Colonel Rolland's Assistant |
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Gérard Buhr as Gendarme on Telephone |
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Philippe Léotard as Gendarme |
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Maurice Teynac as Bastien-Thiery's Lawyer |
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Van Doude as Military Officer |
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Nicolas Vogel as OAS Agent |
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Féodor Atkine as Young OAS Gunfighter |
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Albert Augier as Policeman in Hotel |
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Madeleine Barbulée as Hotel Guest |
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Jacques Brunet as OAS Terrorist in Car |
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Raoul Curet as Hotel Waiter |
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Madeleine Damien as Ernestine |
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Yvonne Dany as Turkish Bath Desk Clerk |
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Nicole Desailly as Yvonne De Gaulle |
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Max Faulkner as Special Branch Detective |
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Robert Favart as Minister |
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Andréa Ferréol as Hotel Staff |
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Gilberte Géniat as Paris Apartment Concierge |
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Edward Hardwicke as Charles Harold Calthrop |
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Jacques Hilling as Hotel Desk Clerk |
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David Kernan as Per Lundquist |
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Robert Le Béal as Secretary at Elysée Palace |
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Roger Lumont as Passport Control Officer |
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Mike Marshall as Gendarme at Tulle |
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Max Melloy as Parliamentary Usher |
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Jean Michaud as Cabinet Member |
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Bernard Musson as Usher at Elysée Palace |
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André Penvern as Policeman at Tulle Station |
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Pierre Risch as Michel, Colette's Gardener |
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Liliane Rovère as Hotel Chambermaid |
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Bernard Spiegel as Groom |
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Jacqueline Stanbury as Hair Dye Clerk |
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Guy Standeven as Police Constable |
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Michel Subor as OAS Terrorist in Car |
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François Valorbe as Valmy, OAS Contract |
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Howard Vernon as Cabinet Member |
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Nicholas Young as Passport Officer |
| Directing | Fred Zinnemann | Director |
| Writing | Frederick Forsyth | Novel |
| Writing | Kenneth Ross | Screenplay |
| Camera | Jean Tournier | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Georges Delerue | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pierre Berroyer | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Ralph Kemplen | Editor |
| Production | Margot Capelier | Casting |
| Production | Jenia Reissar | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan Bridge | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rosine Delamare | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Haffenden | Costume Design |
| Writing | John Rosenberg | Script Editor |
| Directing | Gladys Goldsmith | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Catherine Prévert | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean Zay | Costume Supervisor |
| Camera | André Domage | Camera Operator |
| Camera | David Harcourt | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Georges Iaconelli | Special Effects |
| Crew | Cliff Richardson | Special Effects |
| Crew | John Richardson | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Wally Veevers | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Nicholas Stevenson | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ludovic Paris | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Ritchie | Hairstylist |
| Production | Julien Derode | Co-Producer |
| Production | David Deutsch | Co-Producer |
| Production | John Woolf | Producer |
| Production | Henri Jaquillard | Production Manager |
| Production | John Palmer | Production Manager |
| Directing | Andrew Marton | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Louis Pitzele | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Peter Price | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alain Bonnot | Assistant Director |
| Art | René Albouze | Property Master |
| Art | Ernest Archer | Set Designer |
| Art | Robert Cartwright | Set Dresser |
| Art | Pierre Charron | Set Dresser |
| Art | Wally Hill | Property Master |
| Art | Willy Holt | Set Designer |
| Art | Cliff Robinson | Assistant Art Director |
| Sound | Bob Allen | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Graham V. Hartstone | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | John Hayward | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | Guy Delattre | Additional Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Jean Fontanilles | Electrician |
| Camera | Colin Manning | Grip |
| Lighting | Vic Smith | Electrician |
| Camera | René Strasser | Grip |
| Camera | Edmond Séchan | Additional Director of Photography |
| Camera | George Higgins | Still Photographer |
| Editing | Marcel Durham | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Georges Delerue | Conductor |
| Production | Simone Escoffier | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Gladys Goldsmith | Continuity |
| Production | Van Jones | Production Secretary |
| Directing | Catherine Prévert | Continuity |
| Crew | George Arnell | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Paul Tivers | Production Assistant |