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The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal (1973)

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  • Genres: Thriller
  • Directed by: Fred Zinnemann
  • Rated: PG
  • Theatrical Release: 07/30/1973
  • Home Release: 11/11/1977
  • Home Release: 03/05/2002
  • Country: France, United Kingdom
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Review

The Day of the Jackal (1973) is a classic drama about a professional assassin, code name Jackal, who has been hired to kill Charles de Gaulle, then president of France. The movie lays on the tension thick, even by the fast standards of filmmaking today. There’s something about letting the story inch forward that creates the stress of a real edge-of-your-seat thriller as opposed to what passes for thrills today, which is more like the puke rides at an amusement park. Add the creep factor that the killer, played with oily charm by Edward Fox, is a sexual predator, exploiting rich gay men and older women to provide him with accommodations, and you’re right there with the dogged inspector trying to catch the assassin before he kills, regardless of what you may think of Charles De Gaulle. As for killing sperm, there’s Olga Georges-Picot, who is naked in a dark scene, and when she gets out of bed to make a phone call offers up some T&A. Delphine Seyrig exposes but one breast, but it’s a good one.