Movie

The Day of the Jackal

Released: May 16, 1973 (1973)

Runtime: 143 minutes

Genres: Action, Thriller

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Denis Carey as Casson
Age at release: 63
Maurice Denham as General Colbert
Age at release: 63
Cyril Cusack as Gunsmith
Age at release: 62
Terence Alexander as Lloyd
Age at release: 50
Michel Auclair as Colonel Rolland
Age at release: 50
Alan Badel as the Minister
Age at release: 49
Tony Britton as Inspector Thomas
Age at release: 48
Michael Lonsdale as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
Age at release: 41
Vernon Dobtcheff as Interrogator
Age at release: 38
Edward Fox as The Jackal
Age at release: 36

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Adrien Cayla-Legrand as Charles de Gaulle
Age at release: 54
Jacques François as Pascal
Age at release: 53
Raymond Gérôme as Flavigny
Age at release: 52
Jean Martin as Victor Wolenski
Age at release: 51
Edmond Bernard as Colonel Rolland's Assistant
Age at release: 51
Bernard Archard as Detective Hughes
Age at release: 50
Donald Sinden as Mallinson
Age at release: 49
Eric Porter as Colonel Rodin
Age at release: 45
Gérard Buhr as Gendarme on Telephone
Age at release: 45
Jacques Alric as French Detective
Age at release: 43
David Swift as Montclair
Age at release: 42
Delphine Seyrig as Colette de Montpellier
Age at release: 41
Anton Rodgers as Jules Bernard
Age at release: 40
Barrie Ingham as St. Clair
Age at release: 39
Jean Sorel as Jean Bastien-Thiry
Age at release: 38
Timothy West as Commissioner Berthier
Age at release: 38
Derek Jacobi as Inspector Caron
Age at release: 34
Olga Georges-Picot as Denise
Age at release: 33
Ronald Pickup as The Forger
Age at release: 32
Colette Bergé as Lebel's Wife
Age at release: 32