The Day of the Jackal (1973) | First Time Watching | Reaction & Review

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"The number one book of the year. Now the number one suspense film of the year."
Directed by
Fred Zinnemann
Writing Credits
Kenneth Ross ... (screenplay)
Frederick Forsyth ... (book)
Cast
Edward Fox ... (The Jackal)
Michael Lonsdale ... (Lebel) / (as Michel Lonsdale)
Terence Alexander ... (Lloyd)
Music by
Georges Delerue
Cinematography by
Jean Tournier ... (photographed by)
Film Editing by
Ralph Kemplen
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Runtime
2 hr 23 min (143 min)
Countries of origin
United Kingdom 🇬🇧, France 🇫🇷
Languages
English 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Italian 🇮🇹, French 🇫🇷
Filming locations
Prater Park, Prater, Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹
Limousin, France 🇫🇷
Veynes, Hautes-Alpes, France 🇫🇷
French Riviera, Alpes-Maritimes, France 🇫🇷
La Bastide de Tourtour, Tourtour, Var, France 🇫🇷
Palais de Justice, Rue de Harlay, Paris, France 🇫🇷
Boulevard de la Reine, Versailles, Yvelines, France 🇫🇷
Château du Saussay, Ballancourt-sur-Essonne, Essonne, France 🇫🇷
Via Di Panico, Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
Ventimiglia, Imperia, Liguria, Italy 🇮🇹
Hotel Colombia, Genoa, Liguria, Italy 🇮🇹
Corso Maurizio Quadrio, Genoa, Italy 🇮🇹
Piazza della Trinità dei Monti, Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
Hotel Dolomitenhof, Sexten, Südtirol, Italy 🇮🇹
Strand, London, England, UK 🇬🇧
Bloomsbury, London, England, UK 🇬🇧
Westminster, Greater London, England, UK 🇬🇧
St. James's Park, St. James's, London, England, UK 🇬🇧
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK 🇬🇧
British Museum, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK 🇬🇧
Library, British Museum, Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK 🇬🇧
Also Known As (AKA)
The Day of the Jackal (original title)
Fred Zinnemann's Film of The Day of the Jackal (complete title)
El día del chacal (Argentina 🇦🇷, Peru 🇵🇪)
De jakhals (Belgium 🇧🇪, Flemish title)
Chacal (Belgium 🇧🇪, Canada 🇨🇦, France 🇫🇷, Portugal 🇵🇹, Spain 🇪🇸)
O Dia do Chacal (Brazil 🇧🇷)
Денят на Чакала (Bulgaria 🇧🇬)
Šakal (Czechia 🇨🇿, Slovakia 🇸🇰)
Sjakalen (Denmark 🇩🇰)
Shakaali (Finland 🇫🇮)
Der Schakal (Germany 🇩🇪)
Η ώρα του τσακαλιού, I ora tou tsakaliou (Greece 🇬🇷)
A sakál napja (Hungary 🇭🇺)
Dagur Sjakalans (Iceland 🇮🇸)
Il giorno dello sciacallo (Italy 🇮🇹)
ジャッカルの日, Jakkaru no hi (Japan 🇯🇵)
Šakalo diena (Lithuania 🇱🇹)
Sjakalen (Norway 🇳🇴)
Dzień Szakala (Poland 🇵🇱)
Ziua șacalului (Romania 🇷🇴)
День Шакала (Russia 🇷🇺, Ukraine 🇺🇦)
Дан Шакала (Serbia 🇷🇸)
Schakalen (Sweden 🇸🇪)
豺狼之日 (Taiwan 🇹🇼)
Çakalın Günü (Turkey 🇹🇷)
Academy Awards, 1974
Nominee: Best Film Editing (Ralph Kemplen)
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.
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