The Jackal is the main character in the novel The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth, which features a storyline centred on a professional assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle's life in the summer of 1963. The book was published in 1971 shortly after Charles de Gaulle's death and became an instant bestseller. In the original film adaptation, he is portrayed by Edward Fox; a revised version of the character was portrayed by Bruce Willis ...
more
The Jackal is the main character in the novel The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth, which features a storyline centred on a professional assassination attempt on Charles de Gaulle's life in the summer of 1963. The book was published in 1971 shortly after Charles de Gaulle's death and became an instant bestseller. In the original film adaptation, he is portrayed by Edward Fox; a revised version of the character was portrayed by Bruce Willis in the 1997 remake, The Jackal.
The Jackal is described as a gentleman with blond hair and grey eyes in his early thirties. The character's real name is unknown and details of his background are sketchy. He is in his thirties in 1963, ("Alexander Duggan who died at the age of two and a half years in 1931... would have been a few months older than the Jackal in July 1963"). The character is written as an Englishman living in Mayfair, London. He is described by Frederick Forsyth as six feet tall, with a muscular build and few distinguishing...
less
