The Jackal

The Jackal

124 mins | Crime, Action, Thriller, Adventure | Nov. 14, 1997

Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.

The Jackal

124 mins | Crime, Action, Thriller, Adventure | Nov. 14, 1997

The Jackal
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Universal Pictures, Toho-Towa, Mutual Film Company, BBC, Marubeni, Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG), Alphaville Films, UGC PH, Mel's Cite du Cinema
Original title The Jackal
Directors Jane Burgess, Martin Krauka, Bill Westley, Libbie Barr, Michael Caton-Jones, Adam Goodman, Buddy Joe Hooker
Writers Chuck Pfarrer

Cast

Bruce Willis

as The Jackal

Richard Gere

as Declan Mulqueen

Sidney Poitier

as Carter Preston

Diane Venora

as Major Valentina Koslova

J.K. Simmons

as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon

Mathilda May

as Isabella Zanconia

John Cunningham

as FBI Director Donald Brown

Jack Black

as Ian Lamont

Stephen Spinella

as Douglas

Tess Harper

as The First Lady

David Hayman

as Terek Murad

Ravil Isyanov

as Ghazzi Murad

Maggie Castle

as Maggie

Richard Lineback

as FBI Agent McMurphy

Karen Kirschenbauer

as Speaker

Daniel Dae Kim

as Akashi

Serge Houde

as Beaufres

Leslie Phillips

as Woolburton

Steve Bassett

as George Decker

Yuri Stepanov

as Victor Politovsky

Jonathan Aris

as Alexander Radzinski

Richard Cubison

as General Belinko

Bob Kingdom

as Ambassador Koldin

Peter Sullivan

as Vasilov

Terry Loughlin

as Davis

Walt MacPherson

as Dennehey

Jim Grimshaw

as Green Beret Colonel

Terrence Currier

as Surgeon General

Sophie Okonedo

as Jamaican Girl

Michael Caton-Jones

as Man in Video

Laura Viederman

as Woman in Video

Gregory Porter Miller

as Paramedic

Murphy Guyer

as NSC Representative

Philip LeMaistre

as Bored Teenage Clerk

James McCauley

as CIA Representative #1

Victor Sobchak

as Doctor

Serge Christianssens

as Immigration Officer

Boris Boscovic

as Interrogator

Ewan Bailey

as Prison Guard

Danette Alberico

as Woman with Champagne #1

Debra Gano

as Woman with Champagne #2

Pamela Poitier

as Law Clerk

Eddie Bo Smith Jr.

as Washington Cop

Dan Ziskie

as CIA Representative #2

Gayle Jessup

as Reporter

Bill Collins

as Medic

David Gene Gibbs

as Pilot

James M. Helkey

as Co-Pilot

Larry King

as Himself