The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Nameless, faceless... relentlessly moving towards the date with death that would rock the world.
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1973-05-16
- Runtime:
- 143 min
- Genres:
- Action, Thriller
- Director:
- Fred Zinnemann
- Top cast:
- Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Denis Carey
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 7.5/10 from 678 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 7.4/10