Movies / The Jackal (1997)
Runtime: 124 min
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Countries: France Germany Japan UK USA
In Moscow, after FBI deputy director Carter Preston (Sidney Poitier) and scarred Russian intelligence officer Valentina Koslova (Diane Venora) bring down a key figure in the Russian Mafia, they are threatened by the criminal's powerful brother who swears vengeance on the FBI and immediately hires a professional assassin, the Jackal (Bruce Willis) to kill a leading American political figure. A master of disguises, the Jackal believes in total perfectionism and demands $70 million for the job. The FBI suspects the Jackal is aiming for the FBI director, so they consult with former Basque terrorist Isabella (Mathilda May), in Virginia, and Isabella's former lover, IRA operative Declan Mulqueen (Richard Gere), serving a prison sentence. Promised leniency, Mulqueen agrees to help. Meanwhile, the Jackal prepares false passports, secures a customized computer system to run his Gatling gun, and heads toward his target in Washington, D.C. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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| Directors (1) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Michael Caton-Jones | ... |
| Writers (2) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Chuck Pfarrer | (screenplay) |
| Kenneth Ross | (earlier screenplay Day of the Jackal) |
| Composers (1) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Carter Burwell | ... |
| Editors (1) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Jim Clark | ... |
| Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Karl Walter Lindenlaub | director of photography |
| Actors (87) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Allen Altman | Car Salesman (uncredited) |
| Bill Collins | Medic |
| Bob Kingdom | Ambassador Koldin |
| Boris Boscovic | Interrogator |
| Boris Yeltsin | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Bruce Willis | The Jackal |
| Caryn Cheever | Yacht Club Gala Patron (uncredited) |
| Chax Stern | Attorney (uncredited) |
| Dalton Gray | Motorcycle cop (uncredited) |
| Danette Alberico | Woman with Champagne |
| Daniel Dae Kim | Akashi |
| Dan Ziskie | CIA Rep. #2 (as Daniel Ziskie) |
| Dave Groom | Subway Patron (uncredited) |
| David Barrass | Bolitonov (uncredited) |
| David Gene Gibbs | Pilot |
| David Hayman | Terek Murad |
| Debra Gano | Woman with Champagne |
| Diane Venora | Valentina Koslova |
| Dominic Testa | Party Attendee (uncredited) |
| Eddie Bo Smith Jr. | Washington Cop (as Eddie 'Bo' Smith Jr.) |
| Emma Willis | Gina (uncredited) |
| Eric Hoziel | Hitman (uncredited) |
| Ewan Bailey | Prison Guard |
| Frank Principe | Sick Person (uncredited) |
| Gayle Jessup | Reporter |
| George Lane Cooper | Ghazzi Murads Henchman (uncredited) |
| Glenn Thomas Carson | Extra (uncredited) |
| Gregory Porter Miller | Paramedic (as Greg Miller) |
| Harry Fielder | American Cop on Roof (uncredited) |
| Jack Black | Lamont |
| James M. Helkey | Co-Pilot |
| James Michael McCauley | CIA Rep. #1 |
| Jared Labelle | Man in Subway (uncredited) |
| Jarmo Mäkinen | Ghazzi's Bodyguard (uncredited) |
| J. Christoffer Slotte | Russian Policeman Outside Nightclub (uncredited) |
| Jeff Johnston | Highway Patrolman (uncredited) |
| Jim Clark | Narrator on TV (voice) (uncredited) |
| Jim Grimshaw | Green Beret Colonel |
| J.K. Simmons | Witherspoon |
| John Cunningham | Donald Brown |
| John Harrington Bland | Dave (as John Bland) |
| Jonathan Aris | Alexander Radzinski |
| Karen Kirschenbauer | Speaker |
| Larry King | Larry King |
| Laura Viederman | Woman in Video |
| Lee Litas | Bathing Beauty (uncredited) |
| Leslie Phillips | Woolburton |
| Linzi Gray | Child (uncredited) |
| Maggie Castle | 13 Year Old Girl |
| Mathilda May | Isabella |
| Michael Caton-Jones | Man in Video |
| Mike Azevedo | Student (uncredited) |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Murphy Guyer | NSC Representative |
| Pamela Poitier | Law Clerk |
| Peter Sullivan | Vasilov |
| Philip Le Maistre | Bored Teenage Clerk |
| Pierre Gaudette | Gate security guard (uncredited) |
| Ravil Isyanov | Ghazzi Murad |
| Raymond H. Johnson | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Reese Foster | Injured Person (uncredited) |
| Richard Cubison | General Belinko |
| Richard Gere | Declan Mulqueen |
| Richard Lineback | McMurphy |
| Rick Touhy | Cop (uncredited) |
| Robert Gwyn Davin | FBI Agent (uncredited) |
| Robert Minkoff | Bit (uncredited) |
| Ronald Reagan | Himself (archive sound) (uncredited) |
| Sam Feuer | Highway Patrolman (uncredited) |
| Serge Christianssens | Immigration Officer |
| Serge Houde | Beaufres |
| Sidney Poitier | Preston |
| Sophie Okonedo | Jamaican Girl |
| Stephen Spinella | Douglas |
| Steve Bassett | George Decker |
| Terrence Currier | Surgeon General |
| Terry Loughlin | Davis |
| Tess Harper | The First Lady |
| Tim Krueger | Sailor (uncredited) |
| Tim L. Smith | Construction Worker (uncredited) |
| Tom Delmar | Postman Hitman (uncredited) |
| Tsarina Alexandra | Herself - with the Tsar (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Tsar Nicholas II | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Victor Sobchak | Doctor |
| V.I. Lenin | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Walt MacPherson | Dennehey |
| Yuri Stepanov | Victor Politovsky |