Storyline. In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle. The Day of the Jackal (1973) photos, including production stills, premiere photos and other event photos, publicity photos, behind-the-scenes, and more. And while Jaws would offer salvation only two years later, Fred Zinnemann's snappy adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's hit international thriller, The Day of the Jackal, was pretty much a roadmap to getting Hollywood back on track.Hired to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle by angry, but ineffective, French terrorists, the Jackal (Edward Fox Carlos, also known as Carlos the Jackal, [2] is a 2010 French-German biographical film and television miniseries about the life of Venezuelan terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, nicknamed Carlos the Jackal, covering his first series of attacks in 1973 until his arrest in 1994. It premiered as a three-part TV mini-series on French pay channel Music Composed By Carter Burwell & Various Artists The Jackal Complete Score (1997) I don't own this track / all material in this video. And All rights go to the respective owners. Property Of Universal Pictures & MCA Records © DVD. $1199. FREE delivery Mon, Jul 17 on $25 of items shipped by Amazon. Only 1 left in stock - order soon. More Buying Choices. $4.37 (14 used & new offers) Starring: Edward Fox , Terence Alexander , Michel Auclair , et al. Directed by: Fred Zinnemann. In Frederick Forsyth. Forsyth’s first and most-admired novel, The Day of the Jackal (1971; film 1973 and 1997 [the latter as The Jackal ]), is based on rumours he had heard of an actual attempt to assassinate French Pres. Charles de Gaulle. Several other carefully researched thrillers followed, including The Odessa File (1972; film…. The original 1973 movie The Day Of The Jackal was directed by Fred Zinnemann and starred Edward Fox as the Jackal. Michael Lonsdale played the detective Lebel trying to catch him while Derek Jacobi, Michel Auclair and Tony Britton also starred. In 1997 Bruce Willis starred in the movie The Jackal, about a ‘faceless’ assassin. The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 Anglo-French political thriller film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox and Michel Lonsdale.Based on the 1971 novel The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth, the film is about a professional assassin known only as the "Jackal" who is hired to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963. qD9U.