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The Day of the Jackal(1973)
Status: Released
Date: 1973-05-16
75%
656 Votes
Time: 2h 23m
Nameless, faceless... relentlessly moving towards the date with death that would rock the world.
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.
Languages: French, Italian, English.
Countries:
France,
United Kingdom
Revenue: $16,056,255.00
ProductionCompanies:
Universal Productions France
Warwick Film Productions
John Woolf Productions
Movie: The Day of the Jackal
Top 10 Billed Cast
Edward Fox
The Jackal
Terence Alexander
Lloyd
Michel Auclair
Colonel Rolland
Alan Badel
the Minister
Tony Britton
Inspector Thomas
Cyril Cusack
Gunsmith
Maurice Denham
General Colbert
Michael Lonsdale
Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
Vernon Dobtcheff
Interrogator
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