"Nameless, faceless... relentlessly moving towards the date with death that would rock the world."

1973

2h 23m

7.5(630 votes)

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Thriller

Overview

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

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65 members

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Edward Fox

The Jackal

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Terence Alexander

Lloyd

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Michel Auclair

Colonel Rolland

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Alan Badel

the Minister

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Tony Britton

Inspector Thomas

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Denis Carey

Casson

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Cyril Cusack

Gunsmith

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Maurice Denham

General Colbert

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Michael Lonsdale

Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel

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Vernon Dobtcheff

Interrogator

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Jacques François

Pascal

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Olga Georges-Picot

Denise

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Raymond Gérôme

Flavigny

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Barrie Ingham

St. Clair

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Delphine Seyrig

Colette de Montpellier

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Derek Jacobi

Inspector Caron

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Jean Martin

Victor Wolenski

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Ronald Pickup

The Forger

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Eric Porter

Colonel Rodin

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Anton Rodgers

Jules Bernard

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Adrien Cayla-Legrand

Charles de Gaulle

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Donald Sinden

Mallinson

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Jean Sorel

Jean Bastien-Thiry

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David Swift

Montclair

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Timothy West

Commissioner Berthier

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Bernard Archard

Detective Hughes

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Jacques Alric

French Detective

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Colette Bergé

Lebel's Wife

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Edmond Bernard

Colonel Rolland's Assistant

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Gérard Buhr

Gendarme on Telephone

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Philippe Léotard

Gendarme

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Maurice Teynac

Bastien-Thiery's Lawyer

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Van Doude

Military Officer

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Nicolas Vogel

OAS Agent

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Féodor Atkine

Young OAS Gunfighter

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Albert Augier

Policeman in Hotel

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Madeleine Barbulée

Hotel Guest

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Jacques Brunet

OAS Terrorist in Car

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Raoul Curet

Hotel Waiter

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Madeleine Damien

Ernestine

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Yvonne Dany

Turkish Bath Desk Clerk

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Nicole Desailly

Yvonne De Gaulle

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Max Faulkner

Special Branch Detective

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Robert Favart

Minister

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Andréa Ferréol

Hotel Staff

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Gilberte Géniat

Paris Apartment Concierge

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Edward Hardwicke

Charles Harold Calthrop

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Jacques Hilling

Hotel Desk Clerk

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David Kernan

Per Lundquist

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Robert Le Béal

Secretary at Elysée Palace

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Roger Lumont

Passport Control Officer

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Mike Marshall

Gendarme at Tulle

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Max Melloy

Parliamentary Usher

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Jean Michaud

Cabinet Member

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Bernard Musson

Usher at Elysée Palace

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André Penvern

Policeman at Tulle Station

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Pierre Risch

Michel, Colette's Gardener

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Liliane Rovère

Hotel Chambermaid

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Bernard Spiegel

Groom

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Jacqueline Stanbury

Hair Dye Clerk

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Guy Standeven

Police Constable

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Michel Subor

OAS Terrorist in Car

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François Valorbe

Valmy, OAS Contract

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Howard Vernon

Cabinet Member

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Nicholas Young

Passport Officer

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