DAY OF THE JACKAL - BLU-ARROW VIDEO

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• Release Year: 1973
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: In 1971, Frederick Forsythe shot to bestseller status with his debut novel, The Day of the Jackal – taut, utterly plausible, almost documentarian in its realism and attention to detail. Two years later, director Fred Zinnemann (High Noon) turned a gripping novel into a nail-biting cinematic experience.; ; August 1962: the latest attempt on the life of French President Charles de Gaulle by the far right paramilitary organisation, the OAS, ends in chaos, with its architect-in-chief dead at the hands of a firing squad. Demoralised and on the verge of bankruptcy, the OAS leaders meet in secret to plan their next move. In a last desperate attempt to eliminate de Gaulle, they opt to employ the services of a hired assassin from outside the fold. Enter the Jackal (Edward Fox, Gandhi): charismatic, calculating, cold as ice. As the Jackal closes in on his target, a race against the clock ensues to identify and put a stop to a killer whose identity, whereabouts and modus operandi are completely unknown.; ; Co-starring a plethora of talent from both sides of the Channel, including Michael Lonsdale (Munich), Derek Jacobi (The Odessa File) and Cyril Cusack (1984) and featuring striking cinematography by Jean Tournier (Moonraker), The Day of the Jackal remains one of the greatest political thrillers of all time.
• Cast: Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Denis Carey, Adrien Cayla-Legrand, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham, Vernon Dobtcheff, Jacques François, Olga Georges-Picot, Raymond Gérôme, Barrie Ingham, Derek Jacobi, Michael Lonsdale, Jean Martin, Ronald Pickup, Eric Porter, Anton Rodgers, Delphine Seyrig, Donald Sinden, Jean Sorel, David Swift, Timothy West, Bernard Archard, Jacques Alric, Colette Bergé, Edmond Bernard, Gérard Buhr, Philippe Léotard, Maurice Teynac, Van Doude, Nicolas Vogel, Féodor Atkine, Albert Augier, Madeleine Barbulée, Jacques Brunet, Jean Champion, Raoul Curet, Madeleine Damien, Yvonne Dany, Nicole Desailly, Max Faulkner, Robert Favart, Andréa Ferréol, Gilberte Géniat, Edward Hardwicke, Jacques Hilling, David Kernan, Robert Le Béal, Roger Lumont, Mike Marshall, Max Melloy, Jean Michaud, Bernard Musson, André Penvern, Pierre Risch, Liliane Rovère, Bernard Spiegel, Jacqueline Stanbury, Guy Standeven, Michel Subor, François Valorbe, Howard Vernon, Nicholas Young, Fred Zinnemann, Frederick Forsyth, Kenneth Ross
• Director: Fred Zinnemann
• Runtime: 2:23
• Company: Universal Pictures Company, Inc., Universal Productions France S.A., Warwick Film Productions, Ltd., Universal Studios, Inc., Arrow Films
• Media Format: Movie