The Day of the Jackal

Year:1973

Director:Fred Zinnemann

Writer:Frederick Forsyth, Kenneth Ross

Cast:Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair

Country/Region:United Kingdom, France

Plot:

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.