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The Day of the Jackal

Fast-paced thriller based on Frederick Forsyth's best-selling novel about a professional hit man hired by the OAS to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle. When the plot is discovered, a Paris detective is faced with a desperate race to stop him.

2 hours, 21 minutes

Last on

Tue 21 Aug 200723:20
BBC One except Northern Ireland

Credits

ActorEdward Fox
ActorMichael Lonsdale
ActorMichel Auclair
ActorAlan Badel
ActorTony Britton
ActorCyril Cusack
Colonel RodinEric Porter
DirectorFred Zinnemann
ActorTerence Alexander
ActorDelphine Seyrig
The InterrogatorVernon Dobtcheff
General ColbertMaurice Denham
The ForgerRonald Pickup
CaronDerek Jacobi
BerthierTimothy West
MontclairDavid Swift
MallinsonDonald Sinden

Broadcasts

  • Sun 12 Nov 200623:25
    BBC One South, Wales & Scotland only
  • Tue 21 Aug 200723:20
    BBC One except Northern Ireland