The Day of the Jackal

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film political thriller film

The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film, based on Frederick Forsyth’s novel, about a professional assassin hired to kill French President Charles de Gaulle.

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The Day of the Jackal (1997 film) (loose remake titled "The Jackal") 1
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instanceOf film ⓘ
political thriller film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Frederick Forsyth ⓘ
award BAFTA Award for Best Film Editing nomination ⓘ
basedOn The Day of the Jackal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Day of the Jackal (novel)
castMember Alan Badel ⓘ
Cyril Cusack ⓘ
Delphine Seyrig ⓘ
Derek Jacobi ⓘ
Edward Fox ⓘ
Michael Lonsdale ⓘ
Terence Alexander ⓘ
Tony Britton ⓘ
characterPortrayed Claude Lebel ⓘ
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surface form: The Jackal
cinematographyBy Jean Tournier ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts Organisation armée secrète ⓘ
director Fred Zinnemann ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Ralph Winbger ⓘ
filmingLocation France ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre crime thriller ⓘ
political thriller ⓘ
spy thriller ⓘ
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surface form: The Day of the Jackal (1997 film) (loose remake titled "The Jackal")
historicalFigureDepicted Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
mainCharacter Claude Lebel ⓘ
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surface form: The Jackal
musicBy Georges Delerue (library music) ⓘ
surface form: Georges Delerue
narrativeFocus assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle ⓘ
notableFor faithful adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s novel ⓘ
procedural depiction of an assassination plot ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A professional assassin known as the Jackal is hired to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle. ⓘ
portrayedBy Edward Fox ⓘ
Michael Lonsdale ⓘ
premiereEvent 1973 Cannes Film Festival (out of competition) ⓘ
producer John Woolf ⓘ
releaseDate 1973-05-16 ⓘ
releaseYear 1973 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 143 ⓘ
screenwriter Kenneth Ross ⓘ
setInCountry France ⓘ
setInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
timeSetting post–Algerian War era ⓘ

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