Edward Fox

Terence Alexander

Michel Auclair

Alan Badel

Tony Britton

Denis Carey

Cyril Cusack

Maurice Denham

Michael Lonsdale

Vernon Dobtcheff

Jacques François

Olga Georges-Picot

Raymond Gérôme

Barrie Ingham

Delphine Seyrig

Derek Jacobi

Jean Martin

Ronald Pickup

Eric Porter

Anton Rodgers

Adrien Cayla-Legrand

Donald Sinden

Jean Sorel

David Swift

Timothy West

Bernard Archard

Jacques Alric

Colette Bergé

Edmond Bernard

Gérard Buhr

Philippe Léotard

Maurice Teynac

Van Doude

Nicolas Vogel

Féodor Atkine

Albert Augier

Madeleine Barbulée

Jacques Brunet

Raoul Curet

Madeleine Damien

Yvonne Dany

Nicole Desailly

Max Faulkner

Robert Favart

Andréa Ferréol

Gilberte Géniat

Edward Hardwicke

Jacques Hilling

David Kernan

Robert Le Béal

Roger Lumont

Mike Marshall

Max Melloy

Jean Michaud

Bernard Musson

André Penvern

Pierre Risch

Liliane Rovère

Bernard Spiegel

Jacqueline Stanbury

Guy Standeven

Michel Subor

François Valorbe

Howard Vernon

Nicholas Young

Georges Delerue

Frederick Forsyth

Fred Zinnemann

Jean Tournier

Kenneth Ross

Pierre Berroyer

Nicholas Stevenson

David Harcourt

Margot Capelier

Rosine Delamare

Georges Laconelli

Jean Zay

John Rosenberg

Wally Veevers

Joan Bridge

Ralph Kemplen

Elizabeth Haffenden

Barbara Ritchie

Gladys Goldsmith

Jenia Reissar

André Domage

John Richardson

Ludovic Paris

Catherine Prévert

Cliff Richardson

Van Jones

John Palmer

Jean Fontanilles

Julien Derode

Graham V. Hartstone

Ernest Archer

Marcel Durham

David Deutsch

Cliff Robinson

Colin Manning

George Higgins

Henri Jaquillard

Guy Delattre

Louis Pitzele

Wally Hill

Vic Smith

Alain Bonnot

Gordon K. McCallum

Andrew Marton

René Albouze

Willy Holt

Simone Escoffier

John Hayward

Peter Price

Pierre Charron

Bob Allen

Edmond Séchan

René Strasser

Paul Tivers

John Woolf

Robert Cartwright

George Arnell

Action

Thriller

The Day of the Jackal

Universal Productions France S.A.

Warwick Productions

Warwick Film Productions

Universal Pictures

France

United Kingdom

Français

Italiano

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The Day of the Jackal is directed by Fred Zinnerman and adapted to screenplay by Kenneth Ross from the novel of the same name written by Frederick Forsyth. It stars Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton and Denis Carey. Music is by Georges Delerue and cinematography by Jean Tournier.

As the French political climate reaches boiling point over the Algeria situation, underground organisation the OAS plot to have President Charles de Gaulle assassinated. When an attempt fails the OAS members not caught are exiled in Vienna and decide that bringing in an outsider to kill the President is now the best way forward. That outsider is an Englishman, code name The Jackal, a methodically cunning and deadly assassin.

Wonderful, the kind of character driven thriller that has become in short supply over the last couple of decades. It’s all so simple, even sedate, yet this calm approach serves the plotting perfectly. After the initial set ups we follow The Jackal (a super icy turn by Fox) on his mission to kill General de Gaul. His planning, the people he meets, and the people he has to kill to stay one step ahead of the authorities. From cons to weapon smuggling, to disguises and sexual encounters, it’s thoroughly compelling from Jackal’s story arc alone, but the frequent shifts to the hunt for him by a whole ream of suits and detectives is also gripping and suspenseful viewing.

Backing Fox up is a raft quality performers, a cast very much in tune with the material to hand. Delure’s musical composition is purposely of the minimalist breed, Tournier’s photography is period compliant and smooth, while Ralph Kemplen’s excellent editing was rightly nominated for an Academy Award. Zinnerman does sterling work from the director’s chair, amazingly keeping a two and half hour movie free of extraneous scenes or pointless exposition. Everything is relative, it really is a film to stay focussed with, to give it respect by giving it your undivided attention. So go the bathroom before sitting down to view this truly great and smart thriller. 9/10 

CinemaSerf

A sophisticated adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's thriller about an Englishman codenamed "the Jackal" (Edward Fox) who is hired to assassinate Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. His meticulous planning remains almost undiscovered until the redoubtable "Inspecteur Lebel" - played by the always under-rated Michael Lonsdale manages to piece together enough information to get on his tail. A workmanlike ensemble cast give extra weight to the lead performances in this intriguing and well put together Fred Zinnemann film. It's huge advantage as a story is it's simplicity - and here we get a drawn into the cat and mouse game unsure who will win right til the very end.

The Day Of The Jackal (1973)

The Day of the Jackal

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