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The Day of the Jackal

7.519732h 23m15MovieActionThriller

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.

DirectorFred Zinnemann
WriterKenneth Ross
ProducerJohn Woolf

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Cast · Directed by Fred Zinnemann

EFEdward Fox
Edward Fox
The Jackal
TATerence Alexander
Terence Alexander
Lloyd
MAMichel Auclair
Michel Auclair
Colonel Rolland
ABAlan Badel
Alan Badel
the Minister
TBTony Britton
Tony Britton
Inspector Thomas
DC
Denis Carey
Casson
CCCyril Cusack
Cyril Cusack
Gunsmith
MDMaurice Denham
Maurice Denham
General Colbert
MLMichael Lonsdale
Michael Lonsdale
Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
VDVernon Dobtcheff
Vernon Dobtcheff
Interrogator
JFJacques François
Jacques François
Pascal
OGOlga Georges-Picot
Olga Georges-Picot
Denise

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