The Day of the Jackal - 1973

In the 1960s in France, members of the French Foreign Legion hire a man who agrees to kill the heavily guarded President Charles de Gaulle for gain. The French cops sniff around to nab him.

Release date: June 1973 (UK)
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Story by: Frederick Forsyth
Adapted from: The Day of the Jackal
Screenplay: Kenneth Ross
Languages: English, French, Italian