![]() ![]() He isn't even sure if the plot is real or simply the ravings of a tortured terrorist. The film runs for about two and a half hours as we watch as the Jackal's plans proceed with inexorable precision, as deputy police commissioner Lebel struggles to thwart a man of whom he knows nothing: no name, no picture, no nationality. Like the book, the film is about an attempt on the life of Charles de Gaulle by the Jackal, a British assassin hired by the French underground group OAS. ![]() The supporting cast includes Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Delphine Seyrig and Derek Jacobi. ![]() It stars Edward Fox as the Jackal and Michael Lonsdale as Claude Lebel. It is the film adaptation of the 1971 novel The Day of the Jackal. A 1973 political thriller directed by Fred Zinnemann. ![]()
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