The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Note: this print runs 41 minutes against a recorded 145 to 147 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Michel Auclair, Derek Jacobi, Jean Martin, Olga Georges-Picot, Delphine Seyrig, Andréa Ferréol
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale. Based on the 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth, the film is about a professional assassin known only as the "Jackal" who is hired to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963. It stars Edward Fox as the title character, with Michael Lonsdale, Derek Jacobi, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Donald Sinden, Tony Britton, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham and Delphine Seyrig. The musical score was composed by Georges Delerue.
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