The Scene of your life:The Day of the Jackal

"Considering you'd expect to get France in return, I'd have thought it a reasonable price"

Casting Edward Fox was an inspired idea. He looks like an ordinary man on holiday but when he is operating, assembling the components for the assassination, there is a steely determination in his eyes that makes Fox believable in the role.

One of the best parts of Fox's performance is how personable he makes The Jackal. He smiles and laughs a lot, is clearly very witty, even kind to people around him at times. It creates a stark, sometimes eerie disconnect between this charming man and how he suddenly switches to being an ice cold killer.

Just noticed a detail, near the end (3:29) when they say goodbye, the door has just been opened and Jean Martin's character (who was outside all the time) is now able to hear the man calling him "Jackal"... later it'll play a pivotal role since it's the only detail he'll remember when being tortured by the police. If it wasn't for that slip of tongue, the police would never have gotten that code-name, kind of validates the Jackal's warning about secrecy and shows that from the start, any mistake can be fatal to the plot.

Edward Fox as the Jackal is fantastic. Just as I imagined him in the book.

Should have shut the door on Kowalski and made a change. 'Forget Jackal, my new alias will be the Hamster'.

It's an incredible film. One of the best.

I never saw anyone completely, intimidate a room before. Characters or actors. Their jaws hit the floor the moment the Jackal walks in.💓😎

Best feature film. They wanted an actor who was not much popular and Edward Fox was found suitable and he showed what a classic actor he was. Superb acting. He was seen later in movie Gandhi as Gen.Dyer.

A superb political thriller. Based on a Frederick Forsyth story, Zinnemann directed a perfect cast. Despite a 145 minute runtime, the film zips by quickly, the attention to detail is exquisite. Fox was flawless as the Jackal, cool, professional and deadly. Michael Lonsdale as Lebel was the model of efficiency as the hunter. 10 out of 10!

Edward Fox has an intelligence and nerve that can’t be matched by Bruce Willis.

This is how to win a job interview

Edward Fox was awesome in this role.

He's more charming in the film than the novel. In the book, he's a lot colder and seems just maybe more enigmatic as a result.

Fox would have a made a brilliant James Bond: cool, charming, yet utterly ruthless...

this is one hell of a movie

Nice line "Use your network to rob some banks"

"No notes must be kept ..." ... then immediately proceeds to pull out a pen and paper and note down in his own handwriting his banking details.

The Jackal should have done our Brexit negotiations

Fox was a terrific actor!