The Day Of The Jackal Rifle
On the evening of 22 august 1963 lebel deduces that the jackal has decided to target de gaulle on 25 august the day commemorating the liberation of paris during world war ii.
The day of the jackal rifle. He is an assassin who is contracted by the oas french terrorist group of the early 1960s to kill charles de gaulle the president of france. The gunsmith modifies an off the shelf sporting rifle by removing the furniture shortening the barrel and cutting the bolt away from the chamber mechanism. 54 of 55 found this interesting. Directed by fred zinnemann.
In 1973 original film adaptation he is portrayed by edward fox. The book was published on 7 june 1971 in the year following de gaulle s death and became an instant bestseller. In the day of the jackal edward fox uses a 22 wmr. There are a couple of shots of the cartridges used and they are straight walled 22 magnums in a rimfire action.
Chacal is a 1973 thriller suspense film directed by fred zinnemann behold a pale horse from here to eternity high noon and based on the 1971 frederick forsyth novel of the same name. A revised version of the character was portrayed by bruce willis in the 1. Kennedy on the cover of an italian magazine reporting on president kennedy s recent visit to europe. I have the dvd.
The jackal is a fictional character the villain of the novel the day of the jackal by frederick forsyth. A professional assassin codenamed jackal plots to kill charles de gaulle the president of france. The day of the jackal french title. In the day of the jackal 1973 the assassin code named the jackal commissions a custom made sniper rifle for his latest job designed to break down into slender parts including a suppressor and telescopic sight that can be concealed inside or disguised as the parts of a set of crutches.
It is he realises the one day of the year when de gaulle can definitely be counted on to be in paris and to appear in. The scene is set on august 2 1963 three months before kennedy was assassinated.