The Day Of The Jackal Film
The day of the jackal.
The day of the jackal film. Pg 2h 23min crime drama thriller 30 july 1973 usa 2 03 trailer. The day of the jackal is two and a half hours long and seems over in about fifteen minutes. The day of the jackal is a solidly paced thriller. De gaulle as a world war ii veteran is sure to make a public appearance on that day no matter what the threat and the council disbands intending to make all attempts to find.
The day of the jackal 1973 the day of the jackal. The day of the jackal is a 1973 british french political thriller film directed by fred zinnemann and starring edward fox and michael lonsdale. 1 video 87 images. A professional assassin codenamed jackal plots to kill charles de gaulle the president of france.
There are some words you hesitate to use in a review because they sound so much like advertising copy but in this case i can truthfully say that the movie is spellbinding. The film the day of the jackal was released in 1973 directed by fred zinnemann and starring edward fox as the jackal michael lonsdale as lebel and derek jacobi as caron. Not many films have succeeded in offering something this thrilling and this film remains in a league of it s own as one of the greatest thriller. It follows the novel rather faithfully although it has several cosmetic changes.