

The Day of the Jackal
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $16.1M
- Language
- French
- assassin
- assassination
- france
- paris, france
- based on novel or book
- police
- hitman
- traitor
- castle
- fake identity
- disguise
- assassination of president
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG16 May 1973
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1515 Jun 1973
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalPG1 Aug 1973
FinlandFI
- TVK-1616 May 1973
FranceFR
- TheatricalU13 Sept 1973
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1611 Oct 1973
HungaryHU
- Theatrical168 Jan 1976
IrelandIE
- TheatricalPG13 Jul 1973
ItalyIT
- Theatrical24 Sept 1973
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical625 Oct 1973
- TV6RTL 516 Feb 2002
- Physical6DVD26 Sept 2012
PolandPL
- Theatrical1615 Sept 1975
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/124 Oct 1973
- TheatricalBarcelos21 Dec 1975
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The Day of the Jackal was released on 16 May 1973.
Audience reviews
2- J9/10
John Chard
2/12/2014
Chacal. 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 Algeri…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/28/2022
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 …
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