"Who played ""The Jackal"" in the 1973 film ""The Day of the Jackal""?"
Jackal (The Day of the Jackal) Jackal (The Day of the Jackal) The Jackal is a fictional character, the villain of the novel "The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth. He is an assassin who is contracted by the OAS French terrorist group of the early 1960s, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. The book was published on 7 June 1971, in the year following de Gaulle's death, and became an instant bestseller. In the original 1973 film adaptation, he is portrayed by Edward Fox. A revised version of the character was portrayed by Bruce Willis in the 1997 remake, "The Jackal",
Jackal (The Day of the Jackal) details are clarified: The dossier the OAS read from states that the Jackal killed Trujillo and the "fellow in the Congo" (presumably Dag Hammarskjöld or Patrice Lumumba). Real-life terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, already known under the code name "Carlos", was further nicknamed "The Jackal" after a copy of "The Day of the Jackal" belonging to a friend was found in his hiding place. Jackal (The Day of the Jackal) The Jackal is a fictional character, the villain of the novel "The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth. He is an assassin who is contracted by the OAS French terrorist