The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Day of the Jackal
A group of conspirators contracts the Jackal, a professional hitman, to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle of France. The killer starts to put his painstaking plans into action, creating a new identity, establishing his alibi and commissioning a custom-made weapon, while out-foxing the French police at every turn. Fred Zinnemann's adaptation of Frederick's Forsyth thriller, with Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Alan Badel, Tony Britton and Cyril Cusack
The Day of the Jackal airs on Sky Cinema Greats at 10:15 PM, Sunday 15 September. (Subtitles, violent scenes.)
Certificate
15
Topics
Movie ➝ Drama
Literary Adaptation
Thriller
Edward Fox
Actor
Alan Badel
Actor
Tony Britton
Actor