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The Day of the Jackal

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

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The Day of the Jackal

May 16, 1973
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Cast (65)

Edward Fox
The Jackal
Michel Auclair
Colonel Rolland
Alan Badel
the Minister
Tony Britton
Inspector Thomas
Denis Carey
Casson
Cyril Cusack
Gunsmith
Maurice Denham
General Colbert
Michael Lonsdale
Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
Vernon Dobtcheff
Interrogator
Barrie Ingham
St. Clair
Delphine Seyrig
Colette de Montpellier
Derek Jacobi
Inspector Caron
Jean Martin
Victor Wolenski
Ronald Pickup
The Forger
Eric Porter
Colonel Rodin
Anton Rodgers
Jules Bernard
Adrien Cayla-Legrand
Charles de Gaulle
Donald Sinden
Mallinson
Jean Sorel
Jean Bastien-Thiry
David Swift
Montclair
Timothy West
Commissioner Berthier
Bernard Archard
Detective Hughes
Jacques Alric
French Detective
Colette Bergé
Lebel's Wife
Edmond Bernard
Colonel Rolland's Assistant
Gérard Buhr
Gendarme on Telephone
Maurice Teynac
Bastien-Thiery's Lawyer
Van Doude
Military Officer
Nicolas Vogel
OAS Agent
Féodor Atkine
Young OAS Gunfighter
Albert Augier
Policeman in Hotel
Jacques Brunet
OAS Terrorist in Car
Raoul Curet
Hotel Waiter
Yvonne Dany
Turkish Bath Desk Clerk
Nicole Desailly
Yvonne De Gaulle
Max Faulkner
Special Branch Detective
Robert Favart
Minister
Andréa Ferréol
Hotel Staff
Gilberte Géniat
Paris Apartment Concierge
Edward Hardwicke
Charles Harold Calthrop
Jacques Hilling
Hotel Desk Clerk
David Kernan
Per Lundquist
Robert Le Béal
Secretary at Elysée Palace
Roger Lumont
Passport Control Officer
Mike Marshall
Gendarme at Tulle
Max Melloy
Parliamentary Usher
Jean Michaud
Cabinet Member
Bernard Musson
Usher at Elysée Palace
André Penvern
Policeman at Tulle Station
Pierre Risch
Michel, Colette's Gardener
Liliane Rovère
Hotel Chambermaid
Jacqueline Stanbury
Hair Dye Clerk
Guy Standeven
Police Constable
Michel Subor
OAS Terrorist in Car
François Valorbe
Valmy, OAS Contract
Howard Vernon
Cabinet Member
Nicholas Young
Passport Officer

Crew (60)

Directing

Andrew Marton
Second Unit Director
Fred Zinnemann
Director
Louis Pitzele
Assistant Director
Peter Price
Assistant Director
Gladys Goldsmith
Script Supervisor
Gladys Goldsmith
Continuity
Alain Bonnot
Assistant Director
Catherine Prévert
Script Supervisor

Writing

John Rosenberg
Script Editor
Kenneth Ross
Screenplay

Production

Henri Jaquillard
Production Manager
John Woolf
Producer
Julien Derode
Co-Producer
Simone Escoffier
Production Secretary
Paul Tivers
Production Assistant
Van Jones
Production Secretary
John Palmer
Production Manager
David Deutsch
Co-Producer

Sound

Graham V. Hartstone
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Mixer
Nicholas Stevenson
Sound Editor
John Hayward
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Bob Allen
Sound Recordist
Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
Georges Delerue
Conductor

Art

Ernest Archer
Set Designer
Robert Cartwright
Set Dresser
Cliff Robinson
Assistant Art Director
René Albouze
Property Master
Wally Hill
Property Master
Willy Holt
Set Designer
Pierre Charron
Set Dresser

Camera

André Domage
Camera Operator
Edmond Séchan
Additional Director of Photography
David Harcourt
Camera Operator
Guy Delattre
Additional Director of Photography
George Higgins
Still Photographer
Jean Tournier
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Ludovic Paris
Hairstylist
Barbara Ritchie
Hairstylist
Joan Bridge
Costume Design
Elizabeth Haffenden
Costume Design
Rosine Delamare
Costume Design
Pierre Berroyer
Makeup Artist
Jean Zay
Costume Supervisor

Crew

Cliff Richardson
Special Effects
John Richardson
Special Effects
George Arnell
Unit Publicist
Georges Iaconelli
Special Effects

Editing

Marcel Durham
Assistant Editor

Lighting

Jean Fontanilles
Electrician
Vic Smith
Electrician

Visual Effects

Wally Veevers
Visual Effects