The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

7.5IMDb Score
Released:1973-05-16
Genre:Action, Thriller
Duration:143 min
Country:France, United Kingdom
Director:Fred Zinnemann
Actors:Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton
Production:Universal Productions France, Warwick Film Productions, John Woolf Productions

Overview:

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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