Title: Day of the Jackal, The (1973) URL: http://www.imdb.com/Title?Day%20of%20the%20Jackal%2C%20The%20%281973%29 Aka Titles: Giorno dello sciacallo, Il (1973) (Italy) Schakal, Der (1973) (West Germany) Production Company: Warwick Film Productions Universal Pictures [aka MCA/Universal Pictures] [us] Distributor: Universal Pictures [aka MCA/Universal Pictures] [us] Country of Production: France / UK Certificates: USA:PG UK:15 Finland:K-16 Germany:16 Norway:15 Sweden:15 Running Time: UK:142 Germany:145 Filmed In: Color (Technicolor) Sound Mix: Westrex Release Date: Sweden:5 September 1973 Finland:19 October 1973 Netherlands:25 October 1973 Language: English Summary: It is the early 60s in France. The remaining survivors of the aborted French Foreign Legion have made repeated attempts to kill DeGaulle. The result is that he is the most closely guarded man in the world. As a desperate act, they hire The Jackal, the code name for a hired killer who agrees to kill French President De Gaulle for half a million dollars. We watch his preparations which are so thorough we wonder how he could possibly fail even as we watch the French police attempt to pick up his trail. The situation is historically accurate. There were many such attempts and the film closely follows the plot of the book. Summary by: John VogelSummary: A British assassin is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill Charles de Gaulle while a dedicated gendarme follows the assassin's trail in this political thriller. The film uses the perspectives of the ultra-professional assassin as he prepares his work and that of the harried but humble French detective as he undercovers the plot. Summary by: Keith Loh Genres: Thriller Keywords: assassination based-on-novel detective france historical political spy Producers: Julien Derode (co-producer) David Deutsch (co-producer) John Woolf Director: Fred Zinnemann Writers: (alphabetical order) Frederick Forsyth (novel) Kenneth Ross Composer: Georges Delerue Cinematographer: Jean Tournier Editor: Ralph Kemplen Costume Designers: Joan Bridge Rosine Delamare Elizabeth Haffenden Casting: Margot Capelier Jenia Reissar Assistant Directors: Andrew Marton (second Unit Director) Louis Pitzele (assistant director) Peter Price (III) (assistant director) Production Managers: Henri Jaquillard (production manager) John Palmer (I) (production manager) Sound: Bob Allen (I) (sound recordist) (as Robert Allen) Gordon K. McCallum (dubbing mixer) Nicholas Stevenson (sound editor) Special Effects: Georges Iaconelli (special effects) Cliff Richardson (special effects) John Richardson (II) (special effects) Wally Veevers (visual effects) Make-Up: Pierre Berroyer (makeup artist) Marc Ludovic Paris (hair stylist) (as Marc Paris) Barbara Ritchie (hair stylist) Complete Cast: (credits order) Edward Fox ........................ The Jackal Terence Alexander (I) ............. Lloyd Michel Auclair .................... Colonel Rolland Alan Badel ........................ The Minister Tony Britton ...................... Inspector Thomas Denis Carey (I) ................... Casson Adrien Cayla-Legrand .............. The President (De Gaulle) Cyril Cusack ...................... The Gunsmith Maurice Denham .................... General Colbert Vernon Dobtcheff .................. The Interrogator Jacques François .................. Pascal Olga Georges-Picot ................ Denise Raymond Gérome .................... Flavigny Barrie Ingham ..................... St. Clair Derek Jacobi ...................... Caron Michel Lonsdale ................... Detective Lebel Jean Martin (I) ................... Wolenski Ronald Pickup ..................... The Forger Eric Porter (I) ................... Colonel Rodin Anton Rodgers ..................... Bernard Delphine Seyrig ................... Colette de Montpelier Donald Sinden ..................... Mallinson Jean Sorel ........................ Bastien-Thiry David Swift (I) ................... Montclair Timothy West ...................... Berthier Bernard Archard Jacques Alric Colette Bergé Edmond Bernard Gérard Buhr Philippe Léotard .................. Gendarme Maurice Teynac Van Doude Nicolas Vogel Remainder of Cast: (alphabetical order) Edward Hardwicke (uncredited) Miscellaneous: René Albouze (property master) Ernest Archer (set designer) Robert Cartwright (set dresser) Pierre Charron (set dresser) Guy Delattre (photographer: second unit) André Domage (camera operator) Marcel Durham (assistant editor) Gladys Goldsmith (continuity) David Harcourt (I) (camera operator) Wally Hill (property master) Willy Holt (set designer) Catherine Prévert (continuity) John Rosenberg (V) (script editor) Edmond Séchan (photographer: second unit) Jean Zay (costume supervisor) Movie Links: (remade as Jackal, The (1997)) (referenced in Blame It on the Bellboy (1992)) (referenced in Slight Case of Murder, A (1999) (TV)) (spoofed in Mirror Crack'd, The (1980)) Trivia: - 'Fox, Edward' (qv) was cast as the Jackal after director 'Zinnemann, Fred' (qv) was inpressed with him in _Go-Between, The (1971)_ (qv). Literature: Novel: Forsyth, Frederick. Day of the Jackal, The Critics: Pope, Thomas. Good Scripts, Bad Scripts: Learning the Craft of Screenwriting Through 25 of the Best and Worst Films in History. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1998. ISBN 0609801198 Business Info: Box Office Gross: SEK 1,959,165 (Sweden) Admissions: 146,392 (Sweden) Studio: Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey (UK) # ------------------------------------------------------------------ # # To receive full help on the movie mail-server send e-mail # with the subject # # HELP # # to # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------