The Day Of The Jackal [ 1973 ] - Final Scene 🎬

[@kiranjose3194]

Moral of the story: Every sniper should carry a back up weapon

[@4f52]

I mean, he couldn't. He had to line up everything perfectly to get through with one weapon, two would be almost impossible. And he wasn't supposed to miss...

[@3BK235Y]

The problem was not with the weapon.

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

Trump was lucky, like what was portrayed in this movie. Also, two motorcycle cops died while in the convoy carry Degaulle early in the movie in real life.

[@paulcarfantan6688]

@@guyfawkesuThe1 Yep, when I heard about the attempt on July 13th, I automatically thought about this scene with Charles De Gaulle. Sometimes, luck is on your side.

[@김길동-j9z]

드골은 운이 좋았고 케네디는 운이 나빴어 !

[@EzaneeGires]

Donald trump moment

[@paulcarfantan6688]

100%.

[@michaelmuldowney8]

President DeGalle moved his head at the right moment - Trump did the same thing today.

[@heartofoak45]

There is a parallel. With DeGalle there was a large organised conspiracy of well placed people who engaged 'The Jackel'. The question is do the similarities extend still further as regards Trump.

[@fredericksaxton3991]

I have always felt sad for the policeman being killed at the end. I know it's a film, but...

[@edmundkockenlocker4672]

Agreed, the book goes into more detail about the young policeman's death. Quite sad.

[@BonsleeGaming]

trump

[@Ithinkdylansarobot]

What happened with trump today reminded me so much of this scene. Crazy.

[@mukgrg485]

Yeah! He is lucky

[@capuchinhelper]

Immediately thought of this when he survived because of a small head movement, Frederick Forsyth should write a novel about it!

[@heartofoak45]

The only difference is with DeGalle the only result of the near miss was a puff of dust from the street cobble. Alas with Trump there was a dear innocent bystander killed.

[@krzysztofkrowicki1312]

@@capuchinhelper Trump is not worth such book compared to hero Charles.

[@andrewthacher8395]

@@krzysztofkrowicki1312the he isn’t trump it’s is trying to save the western world

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Interesting bit of info: the man who did the part of Charles de Gaulle was an incredible likeness to the real Charles de Gaulle, who had died a few years prior. The French people acting as the crowd were shocked when on the first take, the actor stepped out of the car, and one of the actors playing a old soldier being presented with a medal fainted.

[@3BK235Y]

The man who did the part of Charles de Gaulle was Adrien Cayla-Legrand (1919-207), and yes, there was some likeness between him and de Gaulle, but don't exaggerate. It was not that much. That's why in the movie he is always shown from a distance and there is never a close-up on his face. And his participation in the movie was kept to a mimimum. Also remember that de Gaulle was 6'5" (1,96m), and I think Cayla-Legrand was not even close to that.

[@alexplotkin3368]

Lebel was the only person who bothered to show up for the Jackal's funeral.

[@MrRaulstrnad]

The several days of Lebels life were so intense that he connected to the Jackal

[@ericschumaker5126]

It’s curious, but in the novel, it’s implied the two men had developed a respect for each other. Had the Jackal succeeded in killing De Gaulle, and then Lebel, it’s not out of the question that he may have paid a visit under yet another false identity.

[@fawziekefli2273]

For Lebel, the day the Jackal tried to assassinate de Gaulle was the most important day of his life. For the Jackal, it was Tuesday.

[@JWBabaYaga]

@@fawziekefli2273, I understood the Street Fighter (1994), but it doesn't work here. The Jackal tried to murder President Charles De Gaulle on August 25, 1963, which was a Sunday.

[@JMoruzzi]

No doubt Thomas Crooks' last thought was, Well at least I got closer than the Jackal did.

[@oldaircraftguy8844]

Enjoyed the book and the film greatly as a young man. It is possibly the only magnificent work of fiction that has caused U.K. laws to be changed in that it showed in great detail how easy it was to obtain official documentation for what we would now call identity theft. The masterful ending, of course, being that we don't ever find out the Jackal's true identity! Writing at it's finest.

[@HoldenNY22]

IN the Bruce Willis/Richard Gere remake, it has the same ending in that we never find out the Jackal's real Identity. Richard Gere just says he was Evil and he is dead now. In actuallity, at least for the Richard Gere remake- they could have used Fingerprints to try to find out what the Jackal actually was. They might have even used DNA analysis as well. But I guess the Richard Gere ending wanted to have a similiar ending to the Original.

[@williamdonnelly6606]

🎼🎶Will the real Jackal please Stan up?

[@Brandonhayhew]

It sucks that today writing is just a dead cows

[@Glenn1967ful]

The whole film builds up to this short but brutal climax, where The Jackal is gunned down. There are no car chases, massive shoot outs, pointless sex scenes or tedious f words, just the story of an enigmatic assasin with a job to do and how he plans to assasinate De Gaulle. My favourite scenes are the ones with The Jackal and the unnamed forger, a complete sleazeball who lives in a squalid apartment, sells pornography and is killed off when he becomes too greedy.

[@raulmango4116]

En la realidad ,el chacal no murio vive o vivia en Oenau Paraguay

[@delavalmilker]

As can be expected, Hollywood tried to remake this movie back in 1997. Trying to "update" the story "for modern audiences". Can you imagine a mumbling Bruce Willis replacing Edward Fox as the cool, deadly Jackal? Yeah--it was that bad. Siskel and Ebert called it "one of the worst movies of the year".

[@dioarya6275]

delavalmilker Never forget about that cringe Richard Gere's Irish accent in the remake too (even worse than Sean Connery's Russian accent in Hunt for Red October)

[@MrRaulstrnad]

@@dioarya6275 technically Sean Connerys accent was Latvian

[@dioarya6275]

@@MrRaulstrnad Yeah I know, but Latvia was a part of Soviet Union at that time where the novel / film takes place

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

⁠ the remake, if you can call it that considering how vastly different it is, is honestly one of the shittiest most boring films ive seen in a while. Bruce willis cannot do method/character acting, AT ALL, I mean compare this to the way Edward Fox or even John Malkovich (In The Line of Fire) can slip into different personalities so effortlessly. Besides that the movie is just so cliched and boring with no original interesting suspenseful idea, and ditching most of what made the original so good, waste of good actors too like Poitier. Nighthawks is an example of how you do an assassin story right, Rutger Hauer is much more believable as a man who can effortlessly slip into different situations or identities. Ik ppl love Bruce willis cuz of a few action films but the guy can’t act and without a great director he’s hopeless

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

@@dioarya6275 at least Sean Connery was a great entertaining actor to watch, and a powerhouse on screen, i never really cared that he kept his scottish accent in most roles he was always a good screen presence. Bruce Willis can’t act worth a damn, he’s decent in action roles but he’s the exact fucking same in every movie, hell, people can criticise Connery’s accent but he’s a proper performer nonetheless

[@marshahammondphd158]

Moral of story: just 2 inches over plz. Yes today is Saturday, Trump was in PA and just about didn’t walk away. No further comment. Who was the American jackal? And it wasn’t even 5th Ave.

[@evm6177]

Like the look of utter disbelief in the Jackals eyes after he narrowly misses, as if wondering why on earth did that idiot have to bow down to hug ?!? What is this a wedding party or something.. 🍷😆

[@minnowpd]

DeGaule was tall. As a graduate of st Cyr he is at attention even when bending over.

[@minnowpd]

As a veteran of 2 wars he would have heard the bullet whistle past. No reaction

[@christopherhunt9078]

@@minnowpd The bullets make no sound as they pass. Unless there is a firesuppseor fitted to the barrel of the rifle (which means the bullet is fired at less than the speed of noise and has less effectiveness as to range and accuracy) you will not hear a bullet passing by.

[@lepetitchat123]

@@minnowpd maybe he had hearing problems

[@sakalaath]

@@christopherhunt9078 not true.

[@AlonsoRules]

all that effort and he missed the shot, gg Jackal

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

The target moved unexpectedly.

[@GizmoBeach]

@@ppuh6tfrz646 That bullet took a covered wagon to travel across that courtyard.

[@apriswajaya]

Its crazy that we never knew who the Jackal was as he has so many false identities. A perfect assassin

[@Glenn1967ful]

We can assume he is British, probably ex special forces, a highly regarded contract killer and changes his identity regularly to trick the police. Otherwise The Jackal is an enigmatic individual who lives in the shadows and lives off the earnings from his dubious career

[@jeffreyjackson5229]

If he had many identities and the authorities couldn't track him, it means one of two things: either a legitimate government was ultimately behind him or the Jackal left no trail and likely killed everyone who could finger him or assisted him in building his shadow life even though they may not have known what they were doing at the time.

[@scottknode898]

Even in The Jackal with Bruce Willis at the end when after the Jackals death Sidney Poitiers character remarks I wonder if ever know who the hell he really was.

[@petermortimer6303]

@@Glenn1967fulIt's interesting to speculate about his background. In one scene in the book he thinks about the mundane job he had before he became an assassin. So I think he was either military or possibly MI5 or MI6. SF is obvious but given his skills I also though he could be army engineers or EME (electrical/mechanical engineers). How did he go from being an office worker to being a highly regarded assassin?

[@Glenn1967ful]

@@petermortimer6303 He obviously has military training as he is a crack shot and lethal with his bare hands, as the forger found out. It's possible The Jackal could have left the army, gone into a tedious civilian job, before being drawn into the world of contract killing. It's likely some old friends would have recommended him.

[@garyhunt8067]

Met Edward Fox. Nice man. Told him about the remake. Wasn't happy.

[@KarlSturmgewher]

Can't beat a classic!

[@RotluangaTlau]

Hey who would be😮😂😮😮😮

[@drijazdurrani]

Fredrick Forsythe 's brilliant novel , wonderfully filmed. None of his other novels ( all superb) met a similar cinematic acclaim!!

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

1:44 the walls shake like it's some B-movie cardboard set :D That's amazing, never noticed that before.

[@Cyan_Nightingale]

He got shocked, shot by SMG.. that he is flying to the ceiling lol

[@StephenMerchant-up8sg]

Well noticed

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Just like trump Anyway someday they can get a DNA sample and 50 years later can figure out who the Jackal really was.

[@paulteti]

Who the hell gave a thumbs down on this clip?

[@stuartlee6622]

Hillary Clinton 👹

[@dima.jiharev]

The Jackal ofc

[@Kuricang31]

Of course it's the people who didn't like Algeria being independent and bitter that their "mighty" country got drained of it's resources by de Gaulle 😂😂

[@GizmoBeach]

Wolenski thumbed this down before dying. 👎

[@paulcarfantan6688]

@@dima.jiharev Lol, good one. 😄

[@markf5931]

Real life version today

[@SusanBlakely-pd6mp]

I love Michael Lonsdale 's performance here-his expression as he peers at the Jackal's dead body is spot on. A lesser actor would have played it cool and impassive.

[@alexplotkin3368]

I hope Lebel got a raise after this and a good annual review. Annual review: Exceed standard - stopped assassination of French President Below Standard - Didn't ask for more help to save DeGaulle Below Standard - Didn't check if French policeman was alive after being shot by the Jackal. Overall Annual Review - just satisfactory 2% raise.

[@walterlane99]

SPOILER ALERT. It's not clear how the detective in charge so quickly deduces the location of the Jackal simply from the brief exchange with the police officer. He speaks to him and shows him something. Is this the detective's ID or a picture of the Jackal? Earlier the detective had shown what appears to be an ID to another police officer so we can reasonably assume it is his ID this time as well. The officer, he's the one who stopped the Jackal disguised as a one-legged patriot, salutes. We couldn't hear the short exchange so we, the audience, have to deduce what's going on. Not the best way to go. Great movie but it stumbled at this point. A voiceover with some dialog would have fixed this.

[@carlosayala5161]

If I am not mistaken, that policeman had let the "war veteran" (Jackal) get inside the perimeter and head towards that building. I deduce that Lebel asked the policeman whether he had seen something unusual, someone that might had caught his eye, and then the policeman commented on the "war veteran". Lebel deduced that the "veteran" might be the Jackal and, when approaching the building, saw the open window and rushed to get to the apartment.

[@adrianjonathansmith]

lebel probably asked the policeman if he had let anyone through the perimeter

[@YootubeUK]

Hugo Drax saves Trump from a headshot..... well played, sir.

[@scooby1992]

Apart from the obvious mystery of who The Jackal actually was another thing left open was the fate of the gunsmith . The Jackal asked for an extra bullet at one point , was it to kill the gunsmith or not ? In fairness the gunsmith was very professional and discreet unlike the forger who overplayed his hand and paid the price .

[@CB-fz3li]

You can see the Jackal unwrapping the bullet later in the forest to shoot at the melon. The Jackal knew the gunsmith was a professional and discreet unlike the forger.

[@scooby1992]

@@CB-fz3li Thanks for that . Good point .

[@christoph404]

The Jackal kills the gunsmith, a scene was filmed of him doing so but it was edited out from the final cut of the movie.

[@scooby1992]

@@christoph404 Thank you for that Chris , I didn't know that . On one level that us a Shame as the gunsmith treated the Jackal with respect from one professional to another , but I guess the Jackal had to eliminate anyone who gad the potential to betray him, as he did with the man who let him stay at his home in Paris and the lady he slept with at her big house .

[@carlpeterkirkebo2036]

@@christoph404 In the book he does not kill the gunsmith, mr. Goossens. Where does one find these clips that were edited out?

[@barbaraenglish3983]

I felt badly for the innocent police officer who got shot when he entered the door. The detective never even turned around to see if he was dead or alive or wounded and could be saved. The book added more flavor because the movie didn’t quite capture all the scenes as they were written. But I liked it anyway and I use this audio book to fall asleep with. Good night 🌙💤

[@B-26354]

Same. Poor cop was just doing his job, I don't think he had much of a chance considering it was an explosive tipped round with no exit wound on the officer its safe to say his insides would probably resemble strawberry jelly.

[@christoph404]

@@B-26354 the actor playing the uniformed cop is Philippe Leotard who was very well known in France as a distinguished theatre actor, singer, writer and poet, he is playing a small role here but he worked with some distinguished French directors including Francois Truffaut....I'm telling you all this so you won't feel so bad about him getting shot by the Jackal in this movie because he went on to appear in other movies after this.👍

[@_wormlet]

But they were feeling sorry for the character, not the actor who played him. In this universe, his insides were turned to mush @@christoph404

[@paulcarfantan6688]

@@B-26354 Yes, mercury tipped explosive bullet, I believe. Like you said, the result would have looked like strawberry jelly. No one could survive that.

[@alexchristopher221]

The final scene is The Last Day of the Jackal.

[@surferdude44444]

Very good 😂

[@schizoidboy]

I like the part at the end when the British police inspector is at Charles Caltrops' flat and Caltrop walks in demanding why he's in there, and when he tells the inspector his name Forsyth wrote "The inspector wished he carried a gun."

[@MouthBreatherGaming]

1:44 - That's a heck of a machine gun!

[@patchbunny]

What always bothered me was he had burned through all his fake IDs to get to this point. What was his exit strategy?

[@petermortimer6303]

Why didn't the Jackal shoot while De Gaulle was standing to attention for the national anthem? He wasn't to know that the President would lean forward to kiss the cheek of the guy who was getting the medal but he is guaranteed a stationary target during the anthem.

[@foxh8er]

Looks worse. These are French nationalists after all!

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

Maybe he couldn't shoot De Gaulle from that angle.

[@notyourtypicalwatchreview2563]

I wondered the same thing. The camera angle seemed to show a perfect line of sight. Better to have shown some impediment to taking the shot then.

[@heartofoak45]

One of the very best films of those heady days of the 1970s. If you lived through those years as I did ( I am 78) then you are indeed blessed.

[@George-qk6hg]

Very true

[@paulcarfantan6688]

One of the best movies indeed, along with "Three Days of the Condor" which came out two years later.

[@em23]

My Boi Michael Lonsdale delivering some lead salad with the mat49

[@LordGreystoke]

Not really the day of the jackal, is it? Shame the ending hadn’t shown that he succeeded and we’re left with the assassination of Degaul and the Jackal having escaped and never heard from again

[@TheDRODOR]

Is that what really happened?

[@raus_mit_Islam]

They should make a version where he nails the 🐸 eater and escapes to a tropical island with a beautiful girlfriend to enjoy life.

[@Edkins460]

@@TheDRODOR No

[@3399john]

1:32 thankfully Charles de Gaulle was fine

[@alexplotkin3368]

Proud people the French. And in 1962, when this takes place, many of these officers were veterans of both World War I and World War II.

[@christopherrussell2611]

Edward Fox : a man of petite frame but Huge scene presence! & Fred Zimmerman’s direction of Forsythe’s novel was excellent. Loved watching this film again. Jane Russell

[@johnbeck5795]

The bullets from the machine gun throwing him against the wall was daft but an excellent movie none the less. I've read two novels by Fredrick Forsythe, The Fist of God which is one best SAS soldier novel I've read, on par with early Terrence Strong. Have also read the follow up, The Afghan.

[@andysmith1996]

The "wall" also wasn't that well built - you can see it move when he hits it!

[@johnschall7855]

Saw this movie with my Dad. Movie making at its' best.

[@paulcarfantan6688]

Same here, with my dad and older brother. One of our favourite movies in the 70`s.

[@kkdesignservices183]

And of course, it's not possible for the momentum of bullets to propel a body upwards like that. Dramatic, but not really physically possible.

[@scottmallory298]

Thank you. I had always wondered how he was plastered to the wall by the machine gun. Also unclear how he intended to escape if he had successfully killed DeGaulle

[@notroll1279]

And in a French house (Europeans use bricks, not plywood...) the wall wouldn't give in to his impact like that... Probably just a studio builder's goof - but once you've noticed, you can't "un-see" it ever again...

[@oldaircraftguy8844]

Read the book, enjoyed the film. It was possibly the only magnificent work of fiction

[@badminton5920]

A brilliant action scene.

[@schnarchei6572]

Great film. Only one thing always bugged me. Why did the Jackal not shoot deGaulle while the anthem was playing? He would stand absolutely still for a whole minute.

[@JOXCY]

I must admit I was a bit gutted with the ending - I was hoping they'd go for an alternate-history type ending. It might have benefitted from having a fictional target, seeing as how nearly every single character in the story bar the General himself was fictional. Nothing would have fitted better than having the Jackal slip away into obscurity once pulling off the hit of the century...

[@ClassicRockLivesOn]

The first OAS assassins (the ones who got imprisoned and executed) were real too. I agree though, I found myself impressed with the Jackal and how he had so many plans. It would have been interesting if it was alternate history and he really did slip away without being caught.

[@davidlucey1311]

I’m surprised that they gave him a dignified burial. I would have expected that they would wrap him up in plastic and dump him in a landfill.

[@mantabond]

The moment (from the novel) where both pro- and anta-gonist pause to regard each other remains unmatched.

[@karelmartel4969]

Claude Lebel nailing it!!!

[@Shiro642]

He was a breath of fresh air. Cool characters are hard to come by

[@Charlie123307]

My top favourite film, brilliantly acted and a great cast

[@guyfaux900]

Strange editing for the last few shots. (I'm sure there's a story to that) also take a bloody pulse of the French policeman.😀

[@ianwatkins6202]

Excellent movie 😊

[@wonjubhoy]

Vive de Gaulle.

[@mahtabkhan6340]

This movie is favourite of sadam Hussain ex president Iraq

[@AshleyMakovickova]

Frederick Forsyth is known for basing his books in real stories. And would you guess what I found: Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (Spanish: [iˈlitʃ raˈmiɾes ˈsantʃes]; born 12 October 1949), also known as Carlos the Jackal (Spanish: Carlos el Chacal) or simply Carlos, is a Venezuelan who conducted a series of assassinations and terrorist bombings from 1973 to 1985.

[@maritimoz]

From Caracas

[@gerryleb8575]

I just wish that the director hadn't had that ridiculous rope pull on the Jackal when he got hit by the machine pistol rounds. Absurd. The rest of the film is fabulous.

[@o.r.6108]

I read Forsyth's book when I was about 12. Fascinating back then as it still is today. The film comes close to the book but of course it doesn't reveal what goes on in the mind of a professional killer, as does the book of course. As for Jackal's true identity, he was probably English, but then again, it's just a work of fiction. But it could have happened after all...

[@demogen9805]

Honestly, for me this is the magic of the book. Even after you read it, you still have something to think about

[@tomxaider2058]

The Jackal could have lived and succeed if he rushed at Lebel to kill him after shooting the cop so Lebel would not be able to pick up the sub machine gun

[@gregmead2967]

By the same token, I'm surprised that the inspector didn't just rush at the Jackal while he was trying to reload. If it hadn't been a single-shot gun, and the submachine gun hadn't been there, the inspector would have been easily shot.

[@bluediver2]

The mistake by him was not having a gun so as not to have to reload at the Topfloor when there was the raid

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

How many firearms can he smuggle in? In any case, if there's a raid, he's had it.

[@dan9471]

That copper must really like that coat because it never left his side untill when he entered the room.

[@JarlStaubhold]

Always carry a sidearm on those kind of missions...

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

I doubt it would have saved the Jackal. 1) It would have been difficult to smuggle another weapon into the apartment. 2) A second weapon might have enabled him to kill Lebel and then assassinate De Gaulle with the original rifle but I don't think he would have been able to escape successfully after the machine gun bullets had been fired at 1:37. It would have attracted too much attention.

[@Achtermeyer]

Wie sehr mich das an Trump erinnert. Wie ein Zufall und Zentimeter über Weltgeschichte entscheiden.

[@nhmooytis7058]

I’m 68, I remember De Gaulle. Now the French have Macaroon. Sad.

[@nhmooytis7058]

@@dmyt-fr I’m 69 and and remember EISENHOWER, now we have Alzheimer’s JoJo.

[@LittleB2007]

I'm waiting for someone to say "I'm 98 and remember Adolf"

[@nhmooytis7058]

@@LittleB2007 well since Dolfy checked out in 1945 and there are people still alive born in 1940, and are now only 81, it’s possible. Guess you learned common core math eh Millenial?

[@cl759]

@@LittleB2007 that was wicked 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nhmooytis7058]

@Kezia I dunno, if Dolfy hadn’t had that little quirk about Jews he wasn’t all that different from Der Führeress.

[@diosdado0711]

Read the book back in the 70's and naively thought it was non-fiction.

[@RagingOatmeal]

Thats not that unreasonable lol. The way its written its almost like its fact, as well its very closely aligned with history. Fantastic book

[@DTWExtreme]

I have a first edition of the book in Danish. I remember seeing the movie with my dad. We have it in our DVD collection and on my birthday we always see it and the first day of June as tradition. The day of the Jackal is the only reason why i wanted to learn french.

[@paulcarfantan6688]

Did you end up learning French ?

[@Ono-Ax]

France Anthem is cool

[@greva2904]

The Jackal’s real name was Binky Plinkleton. Mystery solved!

[@carlosayala5161]

Nope, his name was Pinky Itchyfinger.

[@nishantkaushik359]

Who came here after shorts and reels

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

You did.

[@leifjohnson617]

This is a GREAT movie !!!!!

[@julietteyork6293]

His first shot hits the ground, which would have sent everyone surrounding DeGaulle into a panic, yet no one noticed and the ceremony continues 🙄

[@davewanamaker3690]

Two things which I wondered: why did Lebel NOT throw his overcoat down when he started running toward the Jackal's lair and up the stairs. Wouldn't the coat slow him down? Another thing, if they suspected a shot was going to be fired why didn't they put de Gaulle behind the bodies of security men to protect him from a shot? The ceremony could have waited a few minutes while they surrounded the building and searched for the Jackal. Despite that I loved the film when I saw it as a teen. It was our Christmas movie that we all saw in the high school auditorium the day we got out for vacation. JH and HS saw it.

[@griparbelli]

one goodpolice serviceman is killed hasty in place of the grand commise of the foreign department, and the grand commise doesn't care at all of the conditions of his subordinate good man? Not likely.

[@Rekaert]

Brilliant film. My only real gripe is how the Jackal is thrown back and up against the wall by being shot. For a movie grounded in relatable realism, that part's a touch jarring.

[@ЕвгенийМельник-щ6в]

Director took a bit too much seriously words from novel saying burst from MAT thrown Jackal in air.😅

[@Glenn1967ful]

What I like about film versions of Frederick Forsyth novels are they stay broadly to the novels. The temptation would have been to have a big shootout and a car chase to make the film appeal more to American viewers, but Jackal only had the minimum of violence( the scene at the end, the forger being killed with two karate blows, and the Jackal's mistress being killed) and was more about the plot. The Odessa File did add some more action scenes, but was still mostly true to the novel.

[@josephbritt4767]

Excellent movie

[@lepetitchat123]

That was quick 😅

[@ashutoshtiwari5542]

😅😅😅

[@MacEstelle]

Great film

[@davidlucey1311]

I saw the movie before and wondered how did he expect to escape? The authorities would have sealed the area up in a moment. 😊

[@stevechilcoat2353]

This movie follows the book pretty well.

[@SeanDiVarco-q2i]

History of the confusion and thank you for the book and 😮❤.

[@flamecolumn]

The inspector carries his raincoat up the staircase, and enters the hotel room unarmed. He may be better suited for office duties.

[@pakderws6485]

So how did Lebel find out about the Jackal being there???

[@yoramshacharr]

It’s been many years since I watched this, but IIRC the policeman told him he let an amputated man pass.

[@hamdanjantan399]

Its just coincidence, Lebel waa there. He didnt has the clue.

[@akashaaddams5447]

He just realised it when looking at the windows. The windows was the best opportunity.

[@ignaciobaron72]

Absolute masterpiece

[@BillyDBunny]

Algérie française!

[@AmarnathN-mm8bv]

FRED ZINNEMANN 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@pingu13.]

Enjoyed the jump at the wall XD

[@StephenMerchant-up8sg]

Yes, the wall tried to jump out of the way too 🙂

[@abdulkhaliq6873]

Good classic movie

[@14067913]

What is the name of the march played as the Jackal is buried???

[@nickmccreery3869]

Just watched this on dvd brilliant movie

[@KarlSturmgewher]

One of the best last lines in any media: "But if Calthrop wasn't the Jackal, then who the hell was he?" above Leon S. Kennedy's last line of RE2: "It's up to us, to take down Umbrella."

[@Heavy_Quasar]

This has to be the worst ending I have ever seen in my entire life

[@Wutzibutzi100]

This is because you’re not used to see good movies but only the mainstream action shit that is produced nowadays for the dumb masses.

[@kennarajora6532]

I have to admit, the first time I saw it I was a bit dissapointed by the ending too, especially since the rest of the movie was so good. Narrowly missing the president because of a bow and his over the top flyback death was a bit dubious. But even then, when the last line was spoken about how no one knew who the hell the Jackal really was, I thought that was a touch of gold.

[@Michael020]

Surprised he had no back up gun...also at that point he hadn't done anything...should have just held his hands up.. What could they charge him with?

[@Montie-Adkins]

They show the inspector looking up and seeing an open window. But the camera than pulls back does not show any open windows.

[@stephengibson4823]

Loved this film. Just a point, because I'm curious and nothing more ... if the cartridges had explosive tips, why was there so little "mess" when he shot the gendarme ? Trivial i know, sorry.

[@nhmooytis7058]

No, good point! To avoid an R rating?

[@rodrigocampos1225]

I watched this film many times and never thought about that! Great observation

[@juan.nassiff]

They are made from mercury, they doesn't explode, they expand on impact, creating more damage in the exit wound, source: I read the novel.

[@stephengibson4823]

@@juan.nassiff Which means the wall behind the policeman should have been covered in blood and guts. Expanding was maybe a term i should have used instead of exploding They may have had a mercury center but the outer casing couldn't have been as mercury is a liquid at room temp

[@juan.nassiff]

@@stephengibson4823 I was talking about the hit on the asphalt when he shoots DeGaulle, hahaha, the wall behind the policeman, I don't know why, probably the filmmakers didn't considered, or maybe because it's all done in wide shots with few cuts and no close ups, so the filmmakers couldn't figured out how to make that effect.

[@MH-jc3uj]

What's the name of the music that plays at the end (from 2.54 onwards)?

[@alexplotkin3368]

Lebel has the French army and security forces all around. Might have helped it he got at least two other policemen or soldiers to assault the Jackal.

[@Ronnie1989ism]

"Who the hell was he?".End of a masterpiece propaganda.

[@saayvarthirumeni4326]

Mammootty's malayalam movie August 1 is an adaptation from this movie

[@EddisonAngeles]

He forgot to swing the water melon before he shot that why he failed😂