The Day of the Jackal

Name: The Day of the Jackal
Released: 1973-4-14
Cast: Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michael Auclair, Alan Badel, Cyril Cusack

PG
2h 22m
1973

90%

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Academy Award® winner Fred Zinnemann directs this gripping political thriller based on Frederick Forsyth’s bestselling novel. An underground organization wants French President General Charles de Gaulle dead, and they turn to a ruthless assassin known only as “The Jackal” to pull the trigger. The tension mounts as the would-be killer’s methodical preparations are paralleled by the efforts of French and British police to prevent an event that would stun the world. Get ready for international intrigue and non-stop suspense in The Day of the Jackal.

Director:

Fred Zinnemann

Producer:

John Woolf

Writer:

Kenneth Ross

Cast:

Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michael Auclair, Alan Badel, Cyril Cusack

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

90%

Critics Consensus: The Day of the Jackal is a meticulously constructed thriller with surprising irreverence and taut direction.

Reviews

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Keith Uhlich

Possesses a tonal coldness that aligns viewers with the assassin’s reptilian machinations. —Guest post by Michael Joshua Rowin

Day Of The Jackal is not a great film, but it’s a damn good one, one of the very few films released this year that is worth all the trouble and expense of going out to the movies.

June 15, 2022

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Philadelphia Inquirer

William B. Collins

As the tension rises, you feel terribly helpless. You just have to sit there and let it happen.

June 14, 2022

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Joe Pollack

Director Fred Zinnemann has provided a splendid film of thrilling, tense entertainment in The Day of the Jackal.

June 9, 2022

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