The Day of the Jackal (1973) is a suspenseful thriller based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth. It tells the story of an assassin hired to kill French president Charles de Gaulle. The assassin, known only as "The Jackal," is a master of disguise and a
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The Day of the Jackal is a 1971 political thriller novel by English author Frederick Forsyth about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organisation, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the president of France.