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2. The Day of the Jackal (film) - Wikipedia

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   The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth , the film is about a professional assassin known only as the "Jackal" who is hired to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963.

3. The Day of the Jackal - Wikipedia

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   Dewey Decimal. 823/.9/14. LC Class. PZ4.F7349 Day3 PR6056.O699. The Day of the Jackal (1971) is a political thriller novel by English author Frederick Forsyth about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organisation, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.

4. The Day of the Jackal (TV series) - Wikipedia

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   Carnival Film & Television. Original release. Network. Sky Atlantic (UK) Peacock (US) The Day of the Jackal is an upcoming British television drama serial adaption of the Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name. It is set to star Eddie Redmayne, and be produced by Ronan Bennett and directed by Brian Kirk .

5. The Jackal (1997 film) - Wikipedia

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   The Jackal is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Michael Caton-Jones, and starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, and Sidney Poitier in his final theatrically released film role. The film involves the hunt for a paid assassin. It is a loose take on the 1973 film The Day of the Jackal, which starred Edward Fox, and was based on the ...

6. Frederick Forsyth - Wikipedia

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   Frederick McCarthy Forsyth CBE (born 25 August 1938) is an English novelist and journalist. He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan, The Cobra and The Kill List.

7. Jackal (The Day of the Jackal) - Wikipedia

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   The Jackal is a fictional character, the principal antagonist of the novel The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth. He is an assassin who is contracted by the OAS French terrorist group of the early 1960s to kill Charles de Gaulle, then President of France. The book was published on 7 June 1971, in the year following de Gaulle's death, and ...

8. Fred Zinnemann - Wikipedia

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   1952 Benjy. Alfred Zinnemann (April 29, 1907 – March 14, 1997) was an Austrian-American [1] film director and producer. He won four Academy Awards for directing and producing films in various genres, including thrillers, westerns, film noir and play adaptations. He began his career in Europe before emigrating to the US, where he specialized ...

9. Michael Lonsdale - Wikipedia

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   Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch [1] (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a French actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. [4] He is best known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film ...