The Day of the Jackal (Original title)Chacal (Alternative title)

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Dates: 1973 (Copyright), 21 June 1973 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, France

Directed by: Fred Zinnemann

Synopsis: Thriller about an assassination attempt against General de Gaulle in 1963.

Genres: Police drama, Thriller

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©: Warwick Film Productions, Universal Productions France S.A., Produced by: John Woolf, Co-produced by: David Deutsch, Julien Derode, Production Manager (France): Henri Jaquillard, Production Manager (England): John Palmer, Production Secretary (France): Simone Escoffier, Production Secretary (England): Van Jones, 2nd Unit Director: Andrew Marton, Assistant Director (France): Louis Pitzelé, Assistant Director (England): Peter Price, Continuity (France): Catherine Prévert, Continuity (England): Gladys Goldsmith, Casting Director: Margot Capelier, Jenia Reissar, Script Editor: John Rosenberg, Screenplay by: Kenneth Ross, From the book by: Frederick Forsyth, Photographed by: Jean Tournier, 2nd Unit Photography: Edmond Séchan, Guy Delattre, Camera Operator (France): André Domage, Camera Operator (England): David Harcourt, Chief Electrician (France): Jean Fontanilles, Chief Electrician (England): Vic Smith, Chief Grip (France): René Strasser, Chief Grip (England): Colin Manning, Visual Effects: Wally Veevers, Special Effects (France): Georges Iaconelli, Special Effects (England): Cliff Richardson, John Richardson, Edited by: Ralph Kemplen, Assistant Editor: Marcel Durham, [Assistant Art Director]: Cliff Robinson, Set Design (France): Willy Holt, Set Design (England): Ernest Archer, Set Dressing (France): Pierre Charron, Set Dressing (England): Robert Cartwright, Property Master (France): René Albouze, Property Master (England): Wally Hill, Costume Design: Elizabeth Haffenden, Costume Design: Joan Bridge, Rosine Delamare, Costume Supervision: Jean Zay, Miss Seyrig's Clothes: Chanel, Make-up: Pierre Berroyer, Hairdresser (France): Marc Paris, Hairdresser (England): Barbara Ritchie, Music Composed and Conducted by: Georges Delerue, Sound Recording: Robert Allen, Dubbing Mixer: Gordon Mccallum, Sound Editor: Nicholas Stevenson, Sound System: Westrex Sound Recording, Studio: Studios de Boulogne, Studio: Pinewood Studios, [Studio]: Shepperton Studios

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Edward Fox (Charles 'The Jackal' Calthrop), Terence Alexander (Lloyd of Foreign Department), Michel Auclair (Colonel Rolland), Alan Badel (The Minister), Tony Britton (Inspector Bryan Thomas), Denis Carey (Casson), Adrien Cayla-Legrand (De Gaulle), Cyril Cusack (Gozzi, the gunsmith), Maurice Denham (General Colbert), Vernon Dobtcheff (the interrogator), Jacques François (Pascal), Olga Georges-Picot (Denise), Raymond Gérôme (Flavigny), Barrie Ingham (St Clair), Derek Jacobi (Caron), Michel Lonsdale (Claude Lebel), Jean Martin (Victor Wolenski), Ronald Pickup (the forger), Eric Porter (Colonel Marc Rodin), Anton Rodgers (Bernard), Delphine Seyrig (Colette de Montpelier), Donald Sinden (Mallinson), Jean Sorel (Lieutenant-Colonel Bastien-Thiry), David Swift (Montclair), Timothy West (Berthier), Bernard Archard (Hughes, English detective), Jacques Alric, Colette Bergé, Edmond Bernard, Gérard Buhr, Philippe Léotard (policeman), Maurice Teynac, Van Doude (customs officer), Nicolas Vogel, Nicole Desailly ([Madame de Gaulle]), Max Melloy ([parliamentary usher])

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