October 31, 2006 XIII:9 The Day of the Jackal (1973) 145 min
Directed by Fred Zinnemann Based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth Screenplay by Kenneth Ross Produced by John Woolf Original Music by Georges Delerue Cinematography by Jean Tournier Film Editing by Ralph Kemplen
Edward Fox...The Jackal Raymond Gérôme...Flavigny Terence Alexander...Lloyd Barrie Ingham...St. Clair Michel Auclair...Col. Rolland Derek Jacobi...Caron Alan Badel...The Minister Michael Lonsdale...Lebel Tony Britton...Insp. Thomas Jean Martin...Wolenski Denis Carey...Casson Ronald Pickup...The Forger Adrien Cayla-Legrand...President Gen.Charles De Eric Porter...Col. Rodin Gaulle Anton Rodgers...Bernard Cyril Cusack...The Gunsmith Delphine Seyrig...Colette de Montpelier Maurice Denham...Gen. Colbert Donald Sinden...Mallinson Vernon Dobtcheff...The Interrogator Jean Sorel...Bastien-Thiry Jacques François...Pascal David Swift...Montclair Olga Georges-Picot...Denise Timothy West...Berthier
FRED ZINNEMANN (29 April 1907, Vienna, Austria—14 March 1997, London, England, heart attack) was nominated for 9 best director Oscars (Julia 1977, A Man for All Seasons 1966 WON, The Sundowners 1960, The Nun’s Story 1959, From Here to Eternity 1953 WON, High Noon 1952, and The Search 1948), 1 best documentary Oscar (Benjy 1951, WON), and 1 best picture Oscar (The Sundowners 1960). Some of his other films were Five Days One Summer (1982), Behold a Pale Horse (1964), A Hatful of Rain (1957), Oklahoma! (1955), The Member of the Wedding (1952), The Men (1950), The Seventh Cross (1944), While America Sleeps (1939), and Menschen am Sonntag (1930).
EDWARD FOX (13 April 1937, London, England) has acted in 83 films and television programs. Some of them are Lassie (2005), "Poirot", Nicholas Nickleby (2002), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), Lost in Space (1998), Prince Valiant (1997), “Robin Hood” (1991), Shaka Zulu (1987), Wild Geese II (1985), A Passage to India (1984), The Bounty (1984), The Dresser (1983), Never Say Never Again (1983), Gandhi (1982), Force 10 from Navarone (1978), The Big Sleep (1978), Soldaat van Oranje/Soldier of Orange (1977), The Duellists (1977), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Galileo (1975), A Doll's House (1973), Skullduggery (1970), Battle of Britain (1969), "The Avengers" (1969), The Naked Runner (1967), This Sporting Life (1963) and The Mind Benders (1963).