Directed by:
Fred ZinnemannScreenplay:
Kenneth RossCinematography:
Jean TournierComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
Edward Fox, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, Olga Georges-Picot, Jacques François, Derek Jacobi, Michael Lonsdale, Jean Martin (more)VOD (5)
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August 1962: the latest attempt on the life of French President Charles de Gaulle by the far right paramilitary organisation, the OAS, ends in chaos, with its architect-in-chief dead at the hands of a firing squad. Demoralised and on the verge of bankruptcy, the OAS leaders meet in secret to plan their next move. In a last desperate attempt to eliminate de Gaulle, they opt to employ the services of a hired assassin from outside the fold. Enter the Jackal (Edward Fox, Gandhi): charismatic, calculating, cold as ice. As the Jackal closes in on his target, a race against the clock ensues to identify and put a stop to a killer whose identity, whereabouts and modus operandi are completely unknown. (Arrow Films)
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Ronald Pickup
UK
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Raymond Gerôme
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Eric Porter
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Terence Alexander
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Vernon Dobtcheff
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Gilberte Géniat
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Gérard Buhr
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Robert Favart
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Timothy West
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Jean Champion
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Jacques Alric
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David Swift
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Max Faulkner
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Colette Bergé
France
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Nicole Desailly
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Barrie Ingham
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