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The Day of the Jackal

on BBC One London

Starring
Edward Fox
1963: having failed in its attempt to murder General de Gaulle, the hard line French Secret Army Organisation decide to hire, for$500,000, a much-feared professional killer to do the job properly.
Code-named the 'Jackal', the seemingly unassuming
Englishman begins to lay his intricate plans to assassinate one of the world's most powerful men. An edge-of-the-seat thriller from Frederick Forsyth , bestselling author of The Odessa File and Dogs of War.
Director Fred Zinnemann
● FILMS: pages 27-34
● TELETEXT SUBTITLES: page 888

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Fox
Unknown:
Frederick Forsyth
Director:
Fred Zinnemann
'Jackal':
Edward Fox
Lloyd:
Terence Alexander
Colonel Rolland:
Michel Auclair
Minister:
Alan Badel
Inspector Thomas:
Tony Britton
Casson:
Denis Carey
President:
Adrien Caylalegrand
Gunsmith:
Cyril Cusack
Interrogator:
Vernon Dobtcheff
Pascal:
Jacques Francois
Mallinson:
Donald Sinden
Caron:
Derek Jacobi
Lebel:
Michel Lonsdale
Colonel Rodin:
Eric Porter
Colette:
Delphine Seyrig
Denise:
Olga Georges-Picot

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