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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.
23 December 1909, Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
2 February 1935, Paris, France
22 February 1925, Cormeilles-en-Parisis, Val-d'Oise, France
6 January 1940, Shanghai, China
27 May 1925, Paris, France
16 May 1920, Paris, France
11 June 1949, London, England, UK
10 February 1932, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
15 November 1929, Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
September 2, 1910 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
14 August 1934, Nîmes, Gard, France
February 29, 1924 in Paris, France
10 April 1932, Beirut, French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon [now Lebanon]
7 August 1932, London, England, UK
11 September 1923, Rusholme, Manchester, England, UK
24 May 1931, Paris, France
26 November 1910, Durban, Natal, South Africa
6 March 1922, Paris, France
9 October 1923, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
July 13, 1921 in Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia [now Tunisia]
10 January 1933, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
27 February 1948, Paris, France
February 19, 1911 in Alexandria, Egypt
June 13, 2004
An engrossing film about a terrorist.
May 24, 2003
[A] taut, slow-burning thriller.
June 29, 2003
Delightfully intelligent and often irreverant, it's a good yarn and a good thriller to boot.
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.
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.
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.
January 05, 2005
Great assassination-based thriller
November 01, 2007
It's a polished and exciting thriller, mercifully unburdened with heavy political/philosophical digressions.
May 20, 2003
The details are minutely observed and, to me, just a bit boring.
November 01, 2007
A taut, suspenseful, and fascinating political thriller.
January 26, 2006
Low on documentary conviction and political context, but an intriguing exercise in concealing the obvious.
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.
