The Day of the Jackal

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Overview

An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.

Cast

Eddie Redmayne

The Jackal

Lashana Lynch

Bianca Pullman

Eleanor Matsuura

Zina Jansone

Chukwudi Iwuji

Osita Halcrow

Úrsula Corberó

Nuria

A

Adoney Díaz Barajas

Carlitos

D

David Gojković

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