The Day of the Jackal (1973)

05/16/1973 2h 23m

Nameless, faceless... relentlessly moving towards the date with death that would rock the world.

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Edward Fox

as The Jackal

Born 04/13/1937, age

Terence Alexander

as Lloyd

Born 03/11/1923

Died 05/28/2009, age

Michel Auclair

as Colonel Rolland

Born 09/14/1922

Died 01/07/1988, age

Alan Badel

as the Minister

Born 09/11/1923

Died 03/19/1982, age

Tony Britton

as Inspector Thomas

Born 06/09/1924

Died 12/22/2019, age

Cyril Cusack

as Gunsmith

Born 11/26/1910

Died 10/07/1993, age

Maurice Denham

as General Colbert

Born 12/23/1909

Died 07/24/2002, age

Michael Lonsdale

as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel

Born 05/24/1931

Died 09/21/2020, age

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Interrogator

Born 08/14/1934, age

Jacques François

as Pascal

Born 05/16/1920

Died 11/25/2003, age

Olga Georges-Picot

as Denise

Born 01/06/1940

Died 06/19/1997, age

Barrie Ingham

as St. Clair

Born 02/10/1934

Died 01/23/2015, age

Delphine Seyrig

as Colette de Montpellier

Born 04/10/1932

Died 10/15/1990, age

Derek Jacobi

as Inspector Caron

Born 10/22/1938, age

Ronald Pickup

as The Forger

Born 06/07/1940

Died 02/25/2021, age

Anton Rodgers

as Jules Bernard

Born 01/10/1933

Died 12/01/2007, age

Jean Sorel

as Jean Bastien-Thiry

Born 09/25/1934, age

Timothy West

as Commissioner Berthier

Born 10/20/1934, age

Bernard Archard

as Detective Hughes

Born 08/20/1922

Died 05/01/2008, age

Philippe Léotard

as Gendarme

Born 08/28/1940

Died 08/25/2001, age

Van Doude

as Military Officer

Born 05/28/1926

Died 08/18/2018, age

Féodor Atkine

as Young OAS Gunfighter

Born 02/27/1948, age

Andréa Ferréol

as Hotel Staff

Born 01/06/1947, age

Edward Hardwicke

as Charles Harold Calthrop

Born 08/07/1932

Died 05/16/2011, age

Liliane Rovère

as Hotel Chambermaid

Born 01/30/1933, age

Howard Vernon

as Cabinet Member

Born 07/15/1914

Died 07/25/1996, age