A British professional assassin codenamed 'Jackal' employed by disgruntled French generals to kill Charles de Gaulle while a dedicated gendarme follows the assassin's trail.
20 October 1934, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
March 9, 1914 in Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France
January 30, 1933 in Paris, France
17 May 1920, Brussels, Belgium
21 February 1934, Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
September 8, 1920 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
February 29, 1924 in Paris, France
14 September 1922, Koblenz, Germany
27 May 1925, Paris, France
11 September 1923, Rusholme, Manchester, England, UK
August 28, 1928 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
24 May 1931, Paris, France
24 April 1941, Neuilly Sur Seine, France
10 April 1932, Beirut, French Mandate of Syria and Lebanon [now Lebanon]
28 August 1940, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
3 April 1931, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
20 August 1916, Fulham, London, England, UK
7 August 1932, London, England, UK
2 March 1915, Paris, France
15 July 1914, Baden, Switzerland
October 20, 1914 in Bordeaux, Gironde, France
December 11, 1939 in Saint Maclou, Eure, France
7 June 1940, Chester, England, UK
13 April 1937, Chelsea, London, England, UK
August 2, 1902 in Quang Yen, French Indochina [now Vietnam]
15 November 1929, Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
April 23, 2007
Like all Zinnemann's work, this meticulously crafted political thriller is involving but not exciting due to his detached perspective and the fact that we know the outcome, that De Gaulle wasn't assassinated, but it's cast with Europe's best actors.
January 26, 2006
Low on documentary conviction and political context, but an intriguing exercise in concealing the obvious.
October 23, 2004
I wasn't prepared for how good it really is: it's not just a suspense classic, but a beautifully executed example of filmmaking.
November 01, 2007
It's a polished and exciting thriller, mercifully unburdened with heavy political/philosophical digressions.
May 20, 2003
The details are minutely observed and, to me, just a bit boring.
September 11, 2003
A taut, suspenseful thriller that is as exciting as the first time you saw it. Fox is wonderful as the assassin; a great cat-and-mouse feature.
June 29, 2003
Delightfully intelligent and often irreverant, it's a good yarn and a good thriller to boot.
June 13, 2004
An engrossing film about a terrorist.
January 05, 2005
Great assassination-based thriller
May 24, 2003
[A] taut, slow-burning thriller.
November 01, 2007
The major asset of the film is that it succeeds in maintaining interest and suspense despite obvious viewer foreknowledge of the outcome.
November 01, 2007
A taut, suspenseful, and fascinating political thriller.
