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The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale.Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth, the film is about a professional assassin known only as the "Jackal" who is hired to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963.
The Day of the Jackal was published in serial format in 1971 in both the London Evening Standard and Israel's oldest daily newspaper, Ha'aretz. [20] Earning Forsyth the 1972 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel, in 1973 it was also made into a 143-minute feature film directed by Fred Zinnemann.
Eddie Redmayne’s gripping spy thriller, The Day of the Jackal, will make its cable debut. The premiere episode will air on NBC tonight, Monday, December 30 at 10 p.m. eastern.
As the story opens, the Jackal plans to continue working as an assassin until he has enough money to retire. The money paid him for assassinating two German engineers, thus delaying the development of Gamal Abdel Nasser's Al Zarifa rocket, had been enough to keep him in luxury for several years, but the offer of US$500,000 (about 5 million in 2024 dollars) from the OAS to kill de Gaulle gives ...
Warning: This post contains spoilers for the final two episodes of The Day of the Jackal season 1. The cat-and-mouse chase between Bianca (Lashana Lynch) and the Jackal (Eddie Redmayne) has ...
“The Day of the Jackal” will get a U.S. network debut, as NBC will air the first episode of the Eddie Redmayne drama on Dec. 30 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The series, which premiered on Peacock and Sky ...
The Day of the Jackal (1973) – political thriller film about a professional assassin known only as the "Jackal" who is hired to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle; the story surrounding the Jackal is fictitious, although the historical background is true [117]
Peacock's Day Of the Jackal has been met with generally favorable reviews, earning an 89 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a score of 71 on Metacritic.But if there's one complaint that ...