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Edward Fox in The Day of the Jackal (1973)

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The Day of the Jackal

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Edited into

    • The Clock (2010)

      rushing for train

Featured in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Assassins/Dead Presidents/How to Make an American Quilt/Strange Days/Persuasion (TV Episode 1995)

      The Video Pick of the Week.
    • "WatchMojo" Top 10 Movie Assassins (TV Episode 2013)

      The Jackal is #10.
    • "WatchMojo" Top 10 Movie Snipers (TV Episode 2014)

      The Jackal is #9.
    • "Sleuths, Sorcerers & Spies: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes" Spies (TV Episode 2016)

      excerpt shown
    • "JFK: Destiny Betrayed" Chapter One (TV Episode 2021)

      Clips are shown.

Referenced in

    • "Love Thy Neighbour" To the Hospital (TV Episode 1974)

      Jacko read the book.
    • Pen Pals (1974)

      Advertised on a marquee.
    • "Sanford and Son" Going Out of Business (TV Episode 1974)

      Fred threatens to name his memoir after Lamont: "The Day of the Jackass."
    • "Call My Bluff" Episode #9.13 (TV Episode 1974)

      Mentioned in Edward Fox's introduction.
    • "Call My Bluff" Episode #9.14 (TV Episode 1974)

      "Tonight he's starring in 'The Day of the Chuckle'" quips Frank Muir in James Fox's introduction.

References

    • Moulin Rouge (1952)

      Ralph Kemplen, film editor of "Day of the Jackal," was also editor of "Moulin Rouge," -- which is what's showing on the TV just before "Per Lundkvist"'s face appears in a special news flash, prompting him to murder his gay, lobster-waving host.
    • The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

      On the street there is a musician playing Colonel Bogey's theme from the Bridge on the River Kwai on an accordion.

Remade as

    • "The Streets of San Francisco" Target: Red (TV Episode 1974)

      Many similar plot elements such as buying the weapon, hiding out with a 'hook up', walking with a cane, shooting from a tower, and the same ending.
    • August 1 (1988)

    • The Jackal (1997)

    • The Day of the Jackal (TV Series 2024)

      the series is a remake of the film

Spoofed in

    • "The Simpsons" Lisa the Iconoclast (TV Episode 1996)

      The sniper takes the shot at Lisa like the one in this movie.
    • "The Simpsons" Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish' (TV Episode 1996)

      The scene where Grampa tries to assassinate Hitler.
    • "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" The Secret Snake Club (TV Episode 2005)

      Billy refers to Irwin by the alias "Jimmy The Jackal".
    • The Day of the Grackle (Short 2005)

      Gun montage sequence and writer's choice

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