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The Day of the Jackal (1973) [PG]

Release Date:
May 16, 1973

Original Title:
The Day of the Jackal

Alternate Titles:
A Sakál napja
Chacal
Den Šakala
El dia del chacal
O Dia do Chacal
Schakalen
Çaqqalın Günü
Дан Шакала
Операција Шакал

Genres:
Action | Thriller

Production Companies:
Universal Pictures
Universal Productions France S.A.
Warwick Film Productions
Warwick Productions

Production Countries:
France | United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG  DE: 16  ES: 14  FR: U  GB: 15  HU: 16  IE: PG  NL: 6  PL: 16  PT: M/12  US: PG 

Runtime: 143

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Additional Director of Photography:
Guy Delattre
Edmond Séchan

Assistant Art Director:
Cliff Robinson

Assistant Director:
Louis Pitzele
Alain Bonnot
Peter Price

Assistant Editor:
Marcel Durham

Camera Operator:
David Harcourt
André Domage

Casting:
Margot Capelier
Jenia Reissar

Co-Producer:
Julien Derode
David Deutsch

Conductor:
Georges Delerue

Continuity:
Gladys Goldsmith
Catherine Prévert

Costume Design:
Rosine Delamare
Joan Bridge
Elizabeth Haffenden

Costume Supervisor:
Jean Zay

Director:
Fred Zinnemann

Director of Photography:
Jean Tournier

Editor:
Ralph Kemplen

Electrician:
Jean Fontanilles
Vic Smith

Grip:
Colin Manning
René Strasser

Hairstylist:
Barbara Ritchie
Ludovic Paris

Makeup Artist:
Pierre Berroyer

Novel:
Frederick Forsyth

Original Music Composer:
Georges Delerue

Producer:
John Woolf

Production Assistant:
Paul Tivers

Production Manager:
John Palmer
Henri Jaquillard

Production Secretary:
Van Jones
Simone Escoffier

Property Master:
Wally Hill
René Albouze

Screenplay:
Kenneth Ross

Script Editor:
John Rosenberg

Script Supervisor:
Gladys Goldsmith
Catherine Prévert

Second Unit Director:
Andrew Marton

Set Designer:
Ernest Archer
Willy Holt

Set Dresser:
Pierre Charron
Robert Cartwright

Sound Editor:
Nicholas Stevenson

Sound Mixer:
Gordon K. McCallum

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Graham V. Hartstone
John Hayward

Sound Recordist:
Bob Allen

Special Effects:
Georges Laconelli
John Richardson
Cliff Richardson

Still Photographer:
George Higgins

Unit Publicist:
George Arnell

Visual Effects:
Wally Veevers

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