The Jackal (1997) - film review

Action / Adventure / Crime / Thriller

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The Jackal is an American-British-French thriller film first released in 1997, directed by Michael Caton-Jones. The film stars Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora and Mathilda May. It has also been released under the title: Chacal, Le. Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits

Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Script: Kenneth Ross, Chuck Pfarrer
Photo: Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Music: Carter Burwell
Cast: Bruce Willis (The Jackal), Richard Gere (Declan Mulqueen), Sidney Poitier (FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston), Diane Venora (Major Valentina Koslova), Mathilda May (Isabella Zanconia), J.K. Simmons (FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon), Richard Lineback (FBI Agent McMurphy), John Cunningham (FBI Director Donald Brown), Jack Black (Ian Lamont), Tess Harper (The First Lady), Leslie Phillips (Woolburton), Stephen Spinella (Douglas), Sophie Okonedo (Jamaican Girl), David Hayman (Terek Murad), Steve Bassett (George Decker), Yuri Stepanov (Victor Politovsky), Walt MacPherson (Dennehey), Ravil Isyanov (Ghazzi Murad), Maggie Castle (Maggie the 13-Year-Old Hostage), Karen Kirschenbauer (Speaker), Terrence Currier (Surgeon General), Daniel Dae Kim (Akashi), Michael Caton-Jones (Man in Video), Laura Viederman (Woman in Video), Peter Sullivan (Vasilov), Richard Cubison (General Belinko), Jim Grimshaw (Green Beret Colonel), Greg Miller (Paramedic), Bob Kingdom (Ambassador Koldin), Murphy Guyer (NSC Representative), Philip Le Maistre (Bored Teenage Clerk), Serge Houde (Beaufres), James Michael McCauley (CIA Representative #1), Terry Loughlin (Davis), Victor Sobchak (Doctor), Serge Christianssens (Immigration Officer), Boris Boscovic (Interrogator), Ewan Bailey (Prison Guard), Danette Alberico (Woman with Champagne #1), Debra Gano (Woman with Champagne #2), John Harrington Bland (Dave), Pamela Poitier (Law Clerk), Jonathan Aris (Alexander Radzinski), Eddie Bo Smith Jr. (Washington Cop), Larry King (Himself), Dan Ziskie (CIA Representative #2), Gayle Jessup (Reporter), Bill Collins (Medic), David Gene Gibbs (Pilot), James M. Helkey (Co-Pilot), Allen Altman (Car Salesman), Caryn Cheever (Yacht Club Gala Patron), Jim Clark (Narrator on TV), Tom Delmar (Postman Hitman), Sam Feuer (Highway Patrolman), Mikhail Gorbachev (Himself), Eric Hoziel (Hitman), Jeff Johnston (Highway Patrolman), Tim Krueger (Sailor), V.I. Lenin (Himself), Lee Litas (Bathing Beauty), Jarmo Mäkinen (Ghazzi’s Bodyguard), Frank Principe (Sick Person), Ronald Reagan (Himself), J. Christoffer Slotte (Russian Policeman Outside Nightclub), Dominic Testa (Party Attendee), Rick Touhy (Cop), Tsarina Alexandra (Herself – with the Tsar), Tsar Nicholas II (Himself), Boris Yeltsin (Himself)
Country: USA / UK / France / Germany / Japan
Language: English / Russian
Runtime: 124 min
Aka: Chacal, Le

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