The Day of the Jackal

Synopsis

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

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Cast

Edward Fox

The Jackal

Terence Alexander

Lloyd

Michel Auclair

Colonel Rolland

Alan Badel

the Minister

Tony Britton

Inspector Thomas

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Denis Carey

Casson

Cyril Cusack

Gunsmith

Maurice Denham

General Colbert

Michael Lonsdale

Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel

Vernon Dobtcheff

Interrogator

Jacques François

Pascal

Olga Georges-Picot

Denise

Raymond Gérôme

Flavigny

Barrie Ingham

St. Clair

Delphine Seyrig

Colette de Montpellier

Derek Jacobi

Inspector Caron

Jean Martin

Victor Wolenski

Ronald Pickup

The Forger

Eric Porter

Colonel Rodin

Anton Rodgers

Jules Bernard

Crew

Art

• René Albouze Property Master
• Ernest Archer Set Designer
• Robert Cartwright Set Dresser
• Pierre Charron Set Dresser
• Wally Hill Property Master
• Willy Holt Set Designer
• Cliff Robinson Assistant Art Director

Camera

• Jean Tournier Director of Photography
• André Domage Camera Operator
• David Harcourt Camera Operator
• Guy Delattre Additional Director of Photography
• Colin Manning Grip
• René Strasser Grip
• Edmond Séchan Additional Director of Photography
• George Higgins Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

• Pierre Berroyer Makeup Artist
• Joan Bridge Costume Design
• Rosine Delamare Costume Design
• Elizabeth Haffenden Costume Design
• Jean Zay Costume Supervisor
• Ludovic Paris Hairstylist
• Barbara Ritchie Hairstylist

Crew

• Cliff Richardson Special Effects
• John Richardson Special Effects
• Georges Iaconelli Special Effects
• George Arnell Unit Publicist

Directing

• Fred Zinnemann Director
• Gladys Goldsmith Script Supervisor
• Catherine Prévert Script Supervisor
• Andrew Marton Second Unit Director
• Louis Pitzele Assistant Director
• Peter Price Assistant Director
• Alain Bonnot Assistant Director
• Gladys Goldsmith Continuity
• Catherine Prévert Continuity

Editing

• Ralph Kemplen Editor
• Marcel Durham Assistant Editor

Lighting

• Jean Fontanilles Electrician
• Vic Smith Electrician

Production

• Margot Capelier Casting
• Jenia Reissar Casting
• Julien Derode Co-Producer
• David Deutsch Co-Producer
• John Woolf Producer
• Henri Jaquillard Production Manager
• John Palmer Production Manager
• Simone Escoffier Production Secretary
• Van Jones Production Secretary
• Paul Tivers Production Assistant

Sound

• Georges Delerue Original Music Composer
• Nicholas Stevenson Sound Editor
• Bob Allen Sound Recordist
• Gordon K. McCallum Sound Mixer
• Graham V. Hartstone Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• John Hayward Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Georges Delerue Conductor

Visual Effects

• Wally Veevers Visual Effects

Writing

• Frederick Forsyth Novel
• Kenneth Ross Screenplay
• John Rosenberg Script Editor

Photos