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The Day of the Jackal: Directed by Fred Zinnemann. With Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel. In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle.
The Day of the Jackal: With Úrsula Corberó, Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch, Ben Hall. A manhunt takes place for a dangerous elusive assassin known only as the Jackal.
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In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle. It is the early 60s in France. The remaining survivors of the aborted French Foreign Legion have made repeated attempts to kill DeGaulle.
The Jackal: Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. With Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora. An imprisoned I.R.A. fighter is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job.
In Moscow, the FBI and their Russian counterpart, the MVD, are working on a joint mission to apprehend Russian mobster Ghazzi Murad specifically for the murder of Mayor Nikolai Semankho. During the arrest, they are forced to kill Ghazzi.
As the security preparations are made for the President's appearance at the Liberation Day celebration in Paris, a street guard allows the Jackal, now disguised as an elderly amputee on crutches, to pass through security on the pretext that he lives in a nearby building.
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In The Day of the Jackal (1973) (available on a 10/10 Universal DVD), director Fred Zinnemann made a surprisingly taut thriller, using a brilliantly combined French and British cast, led by Edward Fox, Michel Lonsdale, Alan Badel and Delphine Seyrig.
