Day of the Jackal
A British professional assassin codenamed 'Jackal' employed by disgruntled French generals to kill Charles de Gaulle while a dedicated gendarme follows the assassin's trail.
20 August 1916, Fulham, London, England, UK
22 May 1926, Randwick, Australia
23 December 1909, Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
27 February 1948, Paris, France
February 17, 1916 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France
15 July 1914, Baden, Switzerland
8 May 1928, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France
11 June 1949, London, England, UK
24 April 1941, Neuilly Sur Seine, France
11 March 1923, Islington, London, England, UK
13 September 1944, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
January 30, 1933 in Paris, France
9 October 1923, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
23 June 1938, London, England, UK
3 August 1909, London, England, UK
24 May 1931, Paris, France
14 August 1934, Nîmes, Gard, France
8 August 1915, Paris, France
6 March 1922, Paris, France
October 17, 1920 in Paris, France
8 April 1928, London, England, UK
21 February 1934, Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
February 29, 1924 in Paris, France
August 28, 1928 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
28 May 1926, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
20 October 1934, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
28 August 1940, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
September 2, 1910 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
10 January 1933, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
June 13, 2004
An engrossing film about a terrorist.
November 01, 2007
The major asset of the film is that it succeeds in maintaining interest and suspense despite obvious viewer foreknowledge of the outcome.
November 01, 2007
A taut, suspenseful, and fascinating political thriller.
September 11, 2003
A taut, suspenseful thriller that is as exciting as the first time you saw it. Fox is wonderful as the assassin; a great cat-and-mouse feature.
April 23, 2007
Like all Zinnemann's work, this meticulously crafted political thriller is involving but not exciting due to his detached perspective and the fact that we know the outcome, that De Gaulle wasn't assassinated, but it's cast with Europe's best actors.
November 01, 2007
It's a polished and exciting thriller, mercifully unburdened with heavy political/philosophical digressions.
January 26, 2006
Low on documentary conviction and political context, but an intriguing exercise in concealing the obvious.
January 05, 2005
Great assassination-based thriller
May 24, 2003
[A] taut, slow-burning thriller.
May 20, 2003
The details are minutely observed and, to me, just a bit boring.
June 29, 2003
Delightfully intelligent and often irreverant, it's a good yarn and a good thriller to boot.
October 23, 2004
I wasn't prepared for how good it really is: it's not just a suspense classic, but a beautifully executed example of filmmaking.
