Nothing is a secret for long

Jackal, a hitman for hire, intends to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle. Once the French police finds out of his heinous plan, they - with the help of Scotland Yard - do everything to catch the perceptive killer. It's a cat and mouse game with lots of thrills and deductive reasoning. The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 film, by Fred Zinnemann, starring Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale and Olca Georges-Picot. A close to a masterpiece political thriller.