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The Day of the Jackal

Fast-paced thriller based on Frederick Forsyth's best-selling novel about a professional hit man hired by the OAS to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle. When the plot is discovered, a Paris detective is faced with a desperate race to stop him.

2 hours, 21 minutes

Last on

Tue 21 Aug 2007 23:20
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One except Northern Ireland

Credits

Actor Edward Fox
Actor Michael Lonsdale
Actor Michel Auclair
Actor Alan Badel
Actor Tony Britton
Actor Cyril Cusack
Colonel Rodin Eric Porter
Director Fred Zinnemann
Actor Terence Alexander
Actor Delphine Seyrig
The Interrogator Vernon Dobtcheff
General Colbert Maurice Denham
The Forger Ronald Pickup
Caron Derek Jacobi
Berthier Timothy West
Montclair David Swift
Mallinson Donald Sinden

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