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)
(more)Cast
Edward Fox
UK
Best movies:
The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Gandhi (1982)
Michel Auclair
German Empire
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
Alan Badel
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Shogun (1980) (series)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Cyril Cusack
South Africa
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
My Left Foot (1989)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Maurice Denham
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Oliver Twist (1948)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
Olga Georges-Picot
China
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Two for the Road (1967)
Jacques François
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Derek Jacobi
UK
Best movies:
Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet (2016) (theatrical recording)
Gladiator (2000)
The King's Speech (2010)
Michael Lonsdale
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Name of the Rose (1986)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Jean Martin
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Battle of Algiers (1966)
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
Anton Rodgers
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
Delphine Seyrig
Lebanon
Best movies:
Jean Sorel
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Four Days of Naples (1962)
Belle de Jour (1967)
Philippe Léotard
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Les Misérables (1995)
Bed and Board (1970)
Edward Hardwicke
UK
Best movies:
Love Actually (2003)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Othello (1965)
Andréa Ferréol
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Howard Vernon
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Féodor Atkine
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Love and Death (1975)
Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
Maurice Teynac
France
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Holy Year (1976)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Donald Sinden
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Balto (1995)
Doctor in the House (1954)