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Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

The Day of the Jackal
1973
**½
Director: Fred Zinneman
Cast: Edward Fox, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Cyril Cusack, Michel Lonsdale

A long, tiresome and overrated adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's thriller about a professional hitman and his attempt to assassinate Charles De Gaulle. Remade as Jackal.