---
title: 'The Day of the Jackal (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fred Zinnemann'
released: '1973-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 145
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-day-of-the-jackal-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069947/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Day of the Jackal (1973)

1973 · PG · 145 min · Drama · United States, United Kingdom, France


## Synopsis

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 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. It stars Edward Fox as the title character, with Michael Lonsdale, Derek Jacobi, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Donald Sinden, Tony Britton, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham and Delphine Seyrig. The musical score was composed by Georges Delerue.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fred Zinnemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-zinnemann)
- **Screenplay:** [Kenneth Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-ross)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Georges Delerue](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-delerue)
- **Producer:** [John and James Woolf](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-and-james-woolf)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean Tournier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-tournier)
- **Editor:** [Ralph Kemplen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-kemplen)

## Cast

- [Nicolas Vogel](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-vogel)
- [Cyril Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-cusack)
- [Van Doude](https://cinepixo.com/people/van-doude)
- [Nicole Desailly](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicole-desailly)
- [Jacques Alric](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-alric)
- [Roger Lumont](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-lumont)
- [Edmond Bernard](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmond-bernard)
- [Colette Bergé](https://cinepixo.com/people/colette-berge)
- [Timothy West](https://cinepixo.com/people/timothy-west)
- [Robert Le Béal](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-le-beal)
- [Liliane Rovère](https://cinepixo.com/people/liliane-rovere)
- [Gilberte Géniat](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilberte-geniat)
- [Jacques François](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-francois)
- [Edward Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-fox) as Jackal
- [Jacques Hilling](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-hilling)

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