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The Day of the Jackal (1973)  link to The Day of the Jackal on IMDb  

Number: 1495

poster The Day of the Jackal

IMDb Rating:
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7.8/10 (31638 votes)

Country: UK, 143 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, French, Italian

Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director(s): Richard Talmadge

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
It is the early 60s in France. The remaining survivors of the aborted French Foreign Legion have made repeated attempts to kill DeGaulle. The result is that he is the most closely guarded man in the world. As a desperate act, they hire The Jackal, the code name for a hired killer who agrees to kill French President De Gaulle for half a million dollars. We watch his preparations which are so thorough we wonder how he could possibly fail even as we watch the French police attempt to pick up his trail. The situation is historically accurate. There were many such attempts and the film closely follows the plot of the book.

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Cast:

photo Edward Fox Edward Fox The Jackal
photo Michel Auclair Michel Auclair Colonel Rolland
photo Alan Badel Alan Badel The Minister
photo Cyril Cusack Cyril Cusack The Gunsmith
photo Vernon Dobtcheff Vernon Dobtcheff The Interrogator

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: F:\Films\The Day of the Jackal\The Day of the Jackal.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3