The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Edward Fox
The Jackal
Terence Alexander
Lloyd
Michel Auclair
Colonel Rolland
Alan Badel
the Minister
Tony Britton
Inspector Thomas
Denis Carey
Casson
Cyril Cusack
Gunsmith
Maurice Denham
General Colbert
Michael Lonsdale
Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
Vernon Dobtcheff
Interrogator
Jacques François
Pascal
Olga Georges-Picot
Denise
Raymond Gérôme
Flavigny
Barrie Ingham
St. Clair
Delphine Seyrig
Colette de Montpellier
Derek Jacobi
Inspector Caron
Jean Martin
Victor Wolenski
Ronald Pickup
The Forger
Eric Porter
Colonel Rodin
Anton Rodgers
Jules Bernard
Adrien Cayla-Legrand
Charles de Gaulle
Donald Sinden
Mallinson
Jean Sorel
Jean Bastien-Thiry
David Swift
Montclair
Timothy West
Commissioner Berthier
Bernard Archard
Detective Hughes
Jacques Alric
French Detective
Colette Bergé
Lebel's Wife
Edmond Bernard
Colonel Rolland's Assistant
Gérard Buhr
Gendarme on Telephone
Philippe Léotard
Gendarme
Maurice Teynac
Bastien-Thiery's Lawyer
Van Doude
Military Officer
Nicolas Vogel
OAS Agent
Féodor Atkine
Young OAS Gunfighter
Albert Augier
Policeman in Hotel
Madeleine Barbulée
Hotel Guest
Jacques Brunet
OAS Terrorist in Car
Raoul Curet
Hotel Waiter
Madeleine Damien
Ernestine
Yvonne Dany
Turkish Bath Desk Clerk
Nicole Desailly
Yvonne De Gaulle
Max Faulkner
Special Branch Detective
Robert Favart
Minister
Andréa Ferréol
Hotel Staff
Gilberte Géniat
Paris Apartment Concierge
Edward Hardwicke
Charles Harold Calthrop
Jacques Hilling
Hotel Desk Clerk
David Kernan
Per Lundquist
Robert Le Béal
Secretary at Elysée Palace
Roger Lumont
Passport Control Officer
Mike Marshall
Gendarme at Tulle
Max Melloy
Parliamentary Usher
Jean Michaud
Cabinet Member
Bernard Musson
Usher at Elysée Palace
André Penvern
Policeman at Tulle Station
Pierre Risch
Michel, Colette's Gardener
Liliane Rovère
Hotel Chambermaid
Bernard Spiegel
Groom
Jacqueline Stanbury
Hair Dye Clerk
Guy Standeven
Police Constable
Michel Subor
OAS Terrorist in Car
François Valorbe
Valmy, OAS Contract
Howard Vernon
Cabinet Member
Nicholas Young
Passport Officer
Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Frederick Forsyth
Novel
Fred Zinnemann
Director
Jean Tournier
Director of Photography
Kenneth Ross
Screenplay
Pierre Berroyer
Makeup Artist
Nicholas Stevenson
Sound Editor
David Harcourt
Camera Operator
Margot Capelier
Casting
Rosine Delamare
Costume Design
Georges Iaconelli
Special Effects
Jean Zay
Costume Supervisor
John Rosenberg
Script Editor
Wally Veevers
Visual Effects
Joan Bridge
Costume Design
Ralph Kemplen
Editor
Elizabeth Haffenden
Costume Design
Barbara Ritchie
Hairstylist
Gladys Goldsmith
Script Supervisor / Continuity
Jenia Reissar
Casting
André Domage
Camera Operator
John Richardson
Special Effects
Ludovic Paris
Hairstylist
Catherine Prévert
Script Supervisor / Continuity
Cliff Richardson
Special Effects
Van Jones
Production Secretary
John Palmer
Production Manager
Jean Fontanilles
Electrician
Julien Derode
Co-Producer
Graham V. Hartstone
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ernest Archer
Set Designer
Marcel Durham
Assistant Editor
David Deutsch
Co-Producer
Cliff Robinson
Assistant Art Director
Colin Manning
Grip
George Higgins
Still Photographer
Henri Jaquillard
Production Manager
Guy Delattre
Additional Director of Photography
Louis Pitzele
Assistant Director
Wally Hill
Property Master
Vic Smith
Electrician
Alain Bonnot
Assistant Director
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Mixer
Andrew Marton
Second Unit Director
René Albouze
Property Master
Willy Holt
Set Designer
Simone Escoffier
Production Secretary
John Hayward
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Price
Assistant Director
Pierre Charron
Set Dresser
Bob Allen
Sound Recordist
Edmond Séchan
Additional Director of Photography
René Strasser
Grip
Paul Tivers
Production Assistant
John Woolf
Producer
Robert Cartwright
Set Dresser
George Arnell
Unit Publicist
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 16, 1973
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 23m
Content RatingPG
Box Office$16,056,255
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios · St James's Park · Strand · Somerset House · Victoria Embankment · Great Russell Street · British Museum · New Scotland Yard, United Kingdom · Gare d'Austerlitz · Tourtour · Veynes · rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré · Hotel Negresco · Entrevaux · Gare de Tulle · French Riviera · Archives nationales · Champs-Élysées · avenue des Champs-Élysées, France · Ventimiglia · Imperia, Italy
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Wiki.
The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale. Based on the 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth, the film is about a professional assassin known only as the "Jackal" who is hired to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963.
A co-production of the United Kingdom and France, the film stars Edward Fox as the Jackal, with Michael Lonsdale, Derek Jacobi, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Donald Sinden, Tony Britton, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham and Delphine Seyrig. The musical score was composed by Georges Delerue.
The Day of the Jackal received positive reviews and went on to win the BAFTA Award for Best Editing (Ralph Kemplen), five additional BAFTA Award nominations (including Best Film and Best Direction), two Golden Globe Award nominations, and one Oscar nomination. The film grossed $16,056,255 at the North American box office, returning $8,525,000 in rentals to the studio. The British Film Institute ranked it the 74th greatest British film of the 20th century.
A TV adaptation of the novel and film was released in 2024.
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