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Ah this is what a good movie should be.I hadn't known of it but I decided to see it after reviewing"The Jackal"on this blog and learning it was a updated remake of THIS film.Released in 1973 and running a bit long at 143 minutes,it follows the storyline that a assassin is hired to kill De Gaulle,the president of France back in 1963.History buffs will remember such a attempt was made,although this movie is based on a novel that takes aspects from a free such attempts because,well,learn about the various Algerian conflicts in the 50's,relevant in some ways today. That makes for a very believable and compelling drama,in almost a cold war spy thriller sort of way. The later version is not so believable but much more action back than this film,thus 1 full star off.Still I do enjoy a intelligent spy sort of thriller and in the end,though the plot fails,the assassin is still a unknown !!!!
The acting is OK although the killer is very tame compered to the later version,and well that just fits more into the cold war sort of thing,very British even though its about France!!!Trailer URL follows the picture and a IMDB summary is below.
It is the early 60s in France. The remaining survivors of the aborted French Foreign Legion have made repeated attempts to kill DeGaulle. The result is that he is the most closely guarded man in the world. As a desperate act, they hire The Jackal, the code name for a hired killer who agrees to kill French President De Gaulle for half a million dollars. We watch his preparations which are so thorough we wonder how he could possibly fail even as we watch the French police attempt to pick up his trail. The situation is historically accurate. There were many such attempts and the film closely follows the plot of the book. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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