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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 Jackal tells her it’ll cost them $100 million (!), though, and when she says she’ll have to consult with her colleagues, he vanishes without a word. The Day of the Jackal Peacock Premiere
The Day of the Jackal is a British spy thriller television series, based on the Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name. It stars Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch. It is written and created by Ronan Bennett, produced by Christopher Hall and directed by Brian Kirk, Anthony Philipson, Paul Wilmshurst and Anu Menon. The first series began airing ...
The Day of the Jackal. $15.90 at amazon.com. The show is based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel of the same name, but adapted for the modern era. That novel was also adapted into a hit 1973 ...
The Jackal is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is a loose take on the 1973 film The Day of the Jackal, which was based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth. The film stars Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, and Sidney Poitier in his final theatrically released film role.
The Day of the Jackal was renewed for a season 2 in November before the first season had even finished airing. At the end of episode 10, there were several revelations that set up new mysteries ...
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 ...
A poster for the 1973 film, also called The Day of the Jackal, based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1971 novel of the same name. LMPC - Getty Images