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.
Edward Fox
The Jackal
Terence Alexander
Lloyd
Michel Auclair
Colonel Rolland
Alan Badel
the Minister
Tony Britton
Inspector Thomas
Denis Carey
Casson
Cyril Cusack
Gunsmith
Maurice Denham
General Colbert
Michael Lonsdale
Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
Vernon Dobtcheff
Interrogator
Jacques François
Pascal
Olga Georges-Picot
Denise
Raymond Gérôme
Flavigny
Barrie Ingham
St. Clair
Delphine Seyrig
Colette de Montpellier
Derek Jacobi
Inspector Caron
Jean Martin
Victor Wolenski
Ronald Pickup
The Forger
Eric Porter
Colonel Rodin
Anton Rodgers
Jules Bernard
Adrien Cayla-Legrand
Charles de Gaulle
Donald Sinden
Mallinson
Jean Sorel
Jean Bastien-Thiry
David Swift
Montclair
Timothy West
Commissioner Berthier
Bernard Archard
Detective Hughes
Jacques Alric
French Detective
Colette Bergé
Lebel's Wife
Edmond Bernard
Colonel Rolland's Assistant
Gérard Buhr
Gendarme on Telephone
Philippe Léotard
Gendarme
Maurice Teynac
Bastien-Thiery's Lawyer
Van Doude
Military Officer
Nicolas Vogel
OAS Agent
Féodor Atkine
Young OAS Gunfighter
Albert Augier
Policeman in Hotel
Madeleine Barbulée
Hotel Guest
Jacques Brunet
OAS Terrorist in Car
Raoul Curet
Hotel Waiter
Madeleine Damien
Ernestine
Yvonne Dany
Turkish Bath Desk Clerk
Nicole Desailly
Yvonne De Gaulle
Max Faulkner
Special Branch Detective
Robert Favart
Minister
Andréa Ferréol
Hotel Staff
Gilberte Géniat
Paris Apartment Concierge
Edward Hardwicke
Charles Harold Calthrop
Jacques Hilling
Hotel Desk Clerk
David Kernan
Per Lundquist
Robert Le Béal
Secretary at Elysée Palace
Roger Lumont
Passport Control Officer
Mike Marshall
Gendarme at Tulle
Max Melloy
Parliamentary Usher
Jean Michaud
Cabinet Member
Bernard Musson
Usher at Elysée Palace
André Penvern
Policeman at Tulle Station
Pierre Risch
Michel, Colette's Gardener
Liliane Rovère
Hotel Chambermaid
Bernard Spiegel
Groom
Jacqueline Stanbury
Hair Dye Clerk
Guy Standeven
Police Constable
Michel Subor
François Valorbe
Valmy, OAS Contract
Howard Vernon
Nicholas Young
Passport Officer
Fred Zinnemann
Director
Frederick Forsyth
Novel
Kenneth Ross
Screenplay
Jean Tournier
Director of Photography
Georges Delerue
Original Music Composer
Pierre Berroyer
Makeup Artist
Ralph Kemplen
Editor
Margot Capelier
Casting
Jenia Reissar
Joan Bridge
Costume Design
Rosine Delamare
Elizabeth Haffenden
John Rosenberg
Script Editor
Gladys Goldsmith
Script Supervisor
Catherine Prévert
Jean Zay
Costume Supervisor
André Domage
Camera Operator
David Harcourt
Georges Iaconelli
Special Effects
Cliff Richardson
John Richardson
Wally Veevers
Visual Effects
Nicholas Stevenson
Sound Editor
Ludovic Paris
Hairstylist
Barbara Ritchie
Julien Derode
Co-Producer
David Deutsch
John Woolf
Producer
Henri Jaquillard
Production Manager
John Palmer
Andrew Marton
Second Unit Director
Louis Pitzele
Assistant Director
Peter Price
Alain Bonnot
René Albouze
Property Master
Ernest Archer
Set Designer
Robert Cartwright
Set Dresser
Pierre Charron
Wally Hill
Willy Holt
Cliff Robinson
Assistant Art Director
Bob Allen
Sound Recordist
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Mixer
Graham V. Hartstone
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Hayward
Guy Delattre
Additional Director of Photography
Jean Fontanilles
Electrician
Colin Manning
Grip
Vic Smith
René Strasser
Edmond Séchan
George Higgins
Still Photographer
Marcel Durham
Assistant Editor
Conductor
Simone Escoffier
Production Secretary
Continuity
Van Jones
George Arnell
Unit Publicist
Paul Tivers
Production Assistant