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The Jackal is a film starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, and Sidney Poitier as a hitman hired to kill the First Lady of the United States. The film is a loose adaptation of The Day of the Jackal, a novel by Frederick Forsyth.
The Jackal: Directed by Michael Caton-Jones. With Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora. An imprisoned I.R.A. fighter is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Michael Caton-Jones
- 1997-11-14
Carlos the Jackal - Wikipedia. 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.
Watch the official trailer of The Jackal, a 1997 action thriller starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere and Sidney Poitier. The Jackal is a hired assassin who targets a powerful Russian mobster and his FBI pursuers.
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- 684K
- Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
Murad wants revenge and hires anonymous hit man the Jackal (Bruce Willis) to kill FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston (Sidney Poitier).
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- Michael Caton-Jones
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- Bruce Willis
Nov 14, 1997 · Roger Ebert pans the film as absurd and implausible, criticizing its plot, characters and tone. He compares it unfavorably with the 1973 classic "The Day of the Jackal" and questions its taste in targeting Hillary Clinton.
Nov 14, 1997 · The Jackal is a thriller film about a hitman who has no identity and is hired by a Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, and learn more about the plot and ratings on TMDB.
