The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

143 mins | Action, Thriller | May 15, 1973

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.

The Day of the Jackal

143 mins | Action, Thriller | May 15, 1973

The Day of the Jackal
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Universal Pictures, Universal Productions France S.A., Warwick Productions, Warwick Film Productions
Original title The Day of the Jackal
Directors Catherine Prévert, Gladys Goldsmith, Peter Price, Alain Bonnot, Louis Pitzele, Andrew Marton, Fred Zinnemann
Writers Frederick Forsyth, Kenneth Ross, John Rosenberg

Cast

Edward Fox

as The Jackal

Michel Auclair

as Colonel Rolland

Alan Badel

as the Minister

Tony Britton

as Inspector Thomas

Denis Carey

as Casson

Adrien Cayla-Legrand

as Charles de Gaulle

Cyril Cusack

as Gunsmith

Maurice Denham

as General Colbert

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Interrogator

Jacques François

as Pascal

Olga Georges-Picot

as Denise

Raymond Gérôme

as Flavigny

Barrie Ingham

as St. Clair

Derek Jacobi

as Inspector Caron

Michael Lonsdale

as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel

Jean Martin

as Victor Wolenski

Ronald Pickup

as The Forger

Eric Porter

as Colonel Rodin

Anton Rodgers

as Jules Bernard

Delphine Seyrig

as Colette de Montpellier

Donald Sinden

as Mallinson

Jean Sorel

as Jean Bastien-Thiry

David Swift

as Montclair

Timothy West

as Commissioner Berthier

Bernard Archard

as Detective Hughes

Jacques Alric

as French Detective

Colette Bergé

as Lebel's Wife

Edmond Bernard

as Colonel Rolland's Assistant

Gérard Buhr

as Gendarme on Telephone

Philippe Léotard

as Gendarme

Maurice Teynac

as Bastien-Thiery's Lawyer

Van Doude

as Military Officer

Nicolas Vogel

as OAS Agent

Féodor Atkine

as Young OAS Gunfighter

Albert Augier

as Policeman in Hotel

Madeleine Barbulée

as Hotel Guest

Jacques Brunet

as OAS Terrorist in Car

Raoul Curet

as Hotel Waiter

Madeleine Damien

as Ernestine

Yvonne Dany

as Turkish Bath Desk Clerk

Nicole Desailly

as Yvonne De Gaulle

Max Faulkner

as Special Branch Detective

Robert Favart

as Minister

Andréa Ferréol

as Hotel Staff

Gilberte Géniat

as Paris Apartment Concierge

Edward Hardwicke

as Charles Harold Calthrop

Jacques Hilling

as Hotel Desk Clerk

David Kernan

as Per Lundquist

Robert le Béal

as Secretary at Elysée Palace

Roger Lumont

as Passport Control Officer

Mike Marshall

as Gendarme at Tulle

Max Melloy

as Parliamentary Usher

Jean Michaud

as Cabinet Member

Bernard Musson

as Usher at Elysée Palace

André Penvern

as Policeman at Tulle Station

Pierre Risch

as Michel, Colette's Gardener

Liliane Rovère

as Hotel Chambermaid

Bernard Spiegel

as Groom

Jacqueline Stanbury

as Hair Dye Clerk

Guy Standeven

as Police Constable

Michel Subor

as OAS Terrorist in Car

François Valorbe

as Valmy, OAS Contract

Howard Vernon

as Cabinet Member

Nicholas Young

as Passport Officer