"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
as The Jackal
Terence Alexander
as Lloyd
Michel Auclair
as Colonel Rolland
Alan Badel
as the Minister
Tony Britton
as Inspector Thomas
Denis Carey
as Casson
Cyril Cusack
as Gunsmith
Maurice Denham
as General Colbert
Michael Lonsdale
as Deputy Commissioner Claude Lebel
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Interrogator
Jacques François
as Pascal
Olga Georges-Picot
as Denise
Raymond Gérôme
as Flavigny
Barrie Ingham
as St. Clair
Delphine Seyrig
as Colette de Montpellier
Derek Jacobi
as Inspector Caron
Jean Martin
as Victor Wolenski
Ronald Pickup
as The Forger
Eric Porter
as Colonel Rodin
Anton Rodgers
as Jules Bernard
Adrien Cayla-Legrand
as Charles de Gaulle
Donald Sinden
as Mallinson
Jean Sorel
as Jean Bastien-Thiry
David Swift
as Montclair
Timothy West
as Commissioner Berthier
Bernard Archard
as Detective Hughes
Jacques Alric
as French Detective
Colette Bergé
as Lebel's Wife
Edmond Bernard
as Colonel Rolland's Assistant
Gérard Buhr
as Gendarme on Telephone
Philippe Léotard
as Gendarme
Maurice Teynac
as Bastien-Thiery's Lawyer
Van Doude
as Military Officer
Nicolas Vogel
as OAS Agent
Féodor Atkine
as Young OAS Gunfighter
Albert Augier
as Policeman in Hotel
Madeleine Barbulée
as Hotel Guest
Jacques Brunet
as OAS Terrorist in Car
Raoul Curet
as Hotel Waiter
Madeleine Damien
as Ernestine
Yvonne Dany
as Turkish Bath Desk Clerk
Nicole Desailly
as Yvonne De Gaulle
Max Faulkner
as Special Branch Detective
Robert Favart
as Minister
Andréa Ferréol
as Hotel Staff
Gilberte Géniat
as Paris Apartment Concierge
Edward Hardwicke
as Charles Harold Calthrop
Jacques Hilling
as Hotel Desk Clerk
David Kernan
as Per Lundquist
Robert Le Béal
as Secretary at Elysée Palace
Roger Lumont
as Passport Control Officer
Mike Marshall
as Gendarme at Tulle
Max Melloy
as Parliamentary Usher
Jean Michaud
as Cabinet Member
Bernard Musson
as Usher at Elysée Palace
André Penvern
as Policeman at Tulle Station
Pierre Risch
as Michel, Colette's Gardener
Liliane Rovère
as Hotel Chambermaid
Bernard Spiegel
as Groom
Jacqueline Stanbury
as Hair Dye Clerk
Guy Standeven
as Police Constable
Michel Subor
François Valorbe
as Valmy, OAS Contract
Howard Vernon
Nicholas Young
as 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