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The Day of the Jackal

Turkish title: Çakalın Günü

“Nameless, faceless... relentlessly moving towards the date with death that would rock the world.”

1973 · 2 h 23 min
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
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Cast

Edward Fox Michel Lonsdale Alan Badel

Credits

Written by: Frederick Forsyth

Plot

A professional assassin is hired to kill President de Gaulle, and a French detective races to stop him.

Sinekatalog’s take

Fred Zinnemann's procedural follows an assassin plotting to kill de Gaulle and the detective pursuing him. Though we know the outcome, the meticulous detail makes it gripping.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.8 / 10 (53,858 votes)
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