The Day of the Jackal

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Overview

In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria’s independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed “Jackal” to kill President Charles de Gaulle.

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Cast: Adrien Cayla-Legrand, Alan Badel, Cyril Cusack, Denis Carey, Edward Fox, Maurice Denham, Michel Auclair, Terence Alexander, Tony Britton, Vernon Dobtcheff

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: France, United Kingdom

Release Year: 1973

IMDB Rating: 7.8 (51953 votes)

TMDB Rating: 7.5 (534 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes: 91

Metacritic: 80

Runtime: 2h 23m

Release Date: 1973-07-30

Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar, 1 win & 11 nominations total

Tagline: Nameless, faceless... relentlessly moving towards the date with death that would rock the world.