The Day of the Jackal - 1973

Condition: Very Good

Folded as Issued

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Size: 40 x 30 inches (102 x 76 cm)

An original British Quad poster for the 1977 release of “The Day of the Jackal”, the poster is in very good condition with a minimal amount of fold and edge wear, featuring artwork by Michael Leonard.

The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale. Based on the 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth, the film is about a professional assassin known only as the "Jackal" who is hired to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963. It stars Edward Fox as the title character, with Michael Lonsdale, Derek Jacobi, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Donald Sinden, Tony Britton, and Cyril Cusack.

It is the early 60s in France. The remaining survivors of the aborted French Foreign Legion have made repeated attempts to kill DeGaulle. The result is that he is the most closely guarded man in the world. As a desperate act, they hire The Jackal, the code name for a hired killer who agrees to kill French President De Gaulle for half a million dollars. We watch his preparations, which are so thorough we wonder how he could possibly fail, even as we watch the French police attempt to pick up his trail. 

"The Jackal spent 71 days, 56 minutes thinking a bullet into the brain of de Gaulle. Nameless, faceless... relentlessly moving towards the date with death that would rock the world"

Tags: British Quad 1970s French Thriller Drama Action French Adventure