The Day of the Jackal (film) Quotes

The Day of the Jackal (film) is a TV show that first aired in 1970 . The Day of the Jackal ended its run in 1970.

It features John and James Woolf as producer, Georges Delerue in charge of musical score, and Jean Tournier as head of cinematography.

The Day of the Jackal (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom, and France. Each episode of The Day of the Jackal (film) is 145 minutes long. The Day of the Jackal (film) is distributed by Universal Pictures.

The cast includes: Michael Lonsdale as Lebel, Eric Porter as Col. Rodin, David Swift as Montclair, Olga Georges-Picot as Denise, Barrie Ingham as St. Clair, Donald Sinden as Mallinson, Derek Jacobi as Caron, Tony Britton as Insp. Thomas, Denis Carey as Casson, Maurice Denham as General Colbert, Michel Auclair as Colonel Rolland, Timothy West as Berthier, Jean Martin as Wolenski, Jean Sorel as Bastien-Thiry, and Delphine Seyrig as Colette de Montpelier.

The Day of the Jackal (film) Quotes

Tony Britton as Insp. Thomas

• (Tony Britton) "Thomas -- Yes, that's right -- Is this some sort of bloody joke? -- What, now? Personally? Oh, yes, I'll --"

• (Tony Britton) "What's this?"
• (Special Branch Detective) "His passport."
• (Tony Britton) "Oh?"
• (Special Branch Detective) "We checked it. It's him, all right. Look. The Dominican visa. There's no exit stamp, though. He must have got out on the sly."
• (Tony Britton) "You haven't grasped it yet, have you? Oh, yes, this is our man, all right. Definitely. But hasn't it occurred to you that we're holding his passport in our hands? If he is out of the country, what's he travelling on? Eh?"

• (Tony Britton) "I don't think I've ever heard of a political killer in this country. It's not our style, is it?"

• (Tony Britton) "He may be abroad, traveling on a false passport. What you're going to do now is to go down to the Passport Office. Get a complete list of every passport application for the last three months."
• (Special Branch Detective) "But, sir --"
• (Tony Britton) "I don't care who's closed, wake the buggers up. Then take all those papers down to Somerset House, get started on checking the applicants' names against death certificates. Not birth certificates, mind you. If you find a passport filed by someone who died as a child, the one who filed it might be our man. If you don't find anything in the first three months, go back another three, and another three if you have to. Right, off you go."

Delphine Seyrig as Colette de Montpelier

• (Delphine Seyrig) "Why, I don't know what you're talking about."
• (Michael Lonsdale) "Madam, be in no doubt as to the seriousness of your position."

• (Delphine Seyrig) "Why did you come?"
• (The Jackal) "To see you. I had to."
• (Delphine Seyrig) "But why?"
• (The Jackal) "Does it matter?"

Donald Sinden as Mallinson

• (Donald Sinden) "I don't wish to sound rude, Inspector, but wouldn't it be better if this sort of routine inquiry could be conducted through the proper channels, preferably when we're all awake?"
• (Derek Jacobi) "Yes, I'm sorry Mr. Mallinson, but it is very urgent. Commissioner Lebel didn't wish to make a formal request; he was rather hoping that you'd cooperate with us unofficially."
• (Donald Sinden) "All right, I'll take the Commissioner's call at -- 08:30, you say? Fine. Good night."
• (Donald Sinden) "What's left of it --"
• (Unnamed) "Who was that, dear?"
• (Donald Sinden) "The Old Boy Network."

• (Donald Sinden) "The prime minister?"
• (Tony Britton) "The prime minster, sir. That he said if there's the remotest possibility of General de Gaulle's life being threatened by a person of these islands, then it is to be stopped. And he's given me full powers and top priority."
• (Donald Sinden) "Is this some kind of bloody joke?"
• (Tony Britton) "No, of couse not, sir. I've got to drop whatever I'm doing, and I shall need six of your best men, straight away."
• (Donald Sinden) "Where's the notification for all this? Where's the proper authority?"
• (Donald Sinden) "Yes."
• (Donald Sinden) "Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Of course, sir."

• (Donald Sinden) "There's no question of Her Majesty's Government ever conceding the fact that this Jackal was an Englishman. So far as one can see, there was a period when an Englishman came under suspicion, but he has now been cleared. Certainly, the Jackal masqueraded as an Englishman, but he also masqueraded as a Dane and as a Frenchman. So there's no way of proving his identity at all."
• (Tony Britton) "But if the Jackal wasn't Calthrop, then who the hell was he?"

Michael Lonsdale as Lebel

• (Michael Lonsdale) "Very strange. He was booked in here for two days, then just after eleven he suddenly asks for his bill and leaves --"

• (Michael Lonsdale) "Excuse me, but it has just occurred to me that we have forty-eight hours in which to find this Jackal"
• (Michael Lonsdale) "Am I right in assuming that the President has no engagements outside the Elysee Palace today, tomorrow and Saturday ?"
• (Minister) "None."
• (Michael Lonsdale) "And what is Sunday, August the twenty-fifth?"
• (Minister) "Of course. Liberation Day."
• (Michael Lonsdale) "That's what he's been waiting for."
• (Minister) "We must have been blind."

• (Minister) "We can't find him. He's vanished, just disappeared off the face of the earth. I don't think we really ever had any idea what kind of a man you've been pursuing for the last two weeks."
• (Michael Lonsdale) "What about tomorrow?"
• (Minister) "The President rekindles the Eternal Flame at ten. High Mass is at eleven. There's only one public ceremony in the afternoon, at four o'clock: he will present Liberation medals to veterans of the Resistance."
• (Michael Lonsdale) "What about crowd control?"
• (Minister) "Crowds will be kept back from the ceremony further than ever before. Steel barriers go up several hours before each ceremony. Every house inside the barrier ring is searched from top to bottom, including the sewers. The police will be issued with special lapel badges at the last moment, in case he tries to masquerade as a security man. There'll be marksmen inside Notre Dame, even among the congregation. The priests celebrating Mass will be searched for concealed weapons. We'll have firemen and marksmen on every rooftop along the procession route. Dumont has drafted a number of specially tall officers to hedge around the President without him noticing."

• (Minister) "There is one thing: how did you know whose telephone to tap?"
• (Michael Lonsdale) "I didn't, so I tapped all of them."

• (Michael Lonsdale) "I'm beginning to get a feeling about the Jackal --"

• (Michael Lonsdale) "It's obvious that the Jackal has been tipped off all along, and yet he's decided to go ahead, regardless. He's simply challenged the whole lot of us."
• (Minister) "Are you really suggesting that there's a leak from inside this room?"
• (Michael Lonsdale) "I can't say. But we think that the Jackal is now in Paris with a new name and a new face, probably masquerading as a Danish schoolteacher."

• (Michael Lonsdale) "The following conversation was recorded at 6:15 this morning. The number being dialed was identified as Molitor 5901."
• (Olga Georges-Picot) "Hello."
• (Unnamed) "Yes?"
• (Olga Georges-Picot) "Denise."
• (Unnamed) "Valmy here."
• (Olga Georges-Picot) "They know he's a Danish schoolteacher. They're visiting every hotel in Paris."
• (Michael Lonsdale) "The contact was arrested an hour ago. Unfortunately, the information came from this room."
• (Minister) "Whose voice was that?"
• (Barrie Ingham) "I regret to have to inform you, Minister, that it was the voice of a friend of mine -- she is staying with me at the moment -- excuse me."
• (Minister) "I feel we owe you an apology, Commissioner."
• (Michael Lonsdale) "Thank you."

• (Michael Lonsdale) "Top floor."

Eric Porter as Col. Rodin

• (Eric Porter) "A pleasant journey home, Mister -- Mister Jackal."

• (Eric Porter) "Will you do it?"
• (The Jackal) "Yes."
• (David Swift) "How much?"
• (The Jackal) "You must understand that this is a once-in-a-lifetime job, whoever does it can never work again --"
• (David Swift) "How much do you want?"
• (The Jackal) "Half a million."
• (David Swift) "What?"
• (The Jackal) "In cash. Half in advance, half on completion."
• (David Swift) "Half a million francs?"
• (The Jackal) "Dollars."
• (David Swift) "Are you mad?"
• (The Jackal) "Considering you expect to get France in return, I'd have thought it a reasonable price. If you can't manage it, then there's nothing more to be said."
• (Eric Porter) "We accept."

• (Eric Porter) "There's nothing more you want from us. From now on you'll be working completely alone."
• (The Jackal) "Not completely. One will have the cooperation of de Gaulle."
• (The Jackal) "Well, he won't listen to his secret service and he's not the sort of man to stay out of the public eye."

• (Eric Porter) "One last thing. What codename will you use?"
• (The Jackal) "Why not the Jackal?"
• (Eric Porter) "Why not?"

• (The Jackal) "How many know about this?"
• (Eric Porter) "Just the four of us."
• (The Jackal) "Let's keep it that way. This job depends on absolute secrecy. No notes must be kept. If any one of you is captured, I shall feel free to call it off. I suggest you go somewhere secure and remain there under guard until the job is done. Agreed?"
• (Eric Porter) "Agreed."
• (The Jackal) "The planning will be mine. Here is the account number of my bank in Switzerland. When I've received confirmation that the first $250,000 has been deposited, I'll move, provided I'm ready. But I shall not be hurried or interfered with in any way."
• (Eric Porter) "Agreed."
• (The Jackal) "All I shall want from you is a number that I can ring in Paris for information about De Gaulle's schedule and security arrangements."
• (David Swift) "I'd like to know where you expect us to find half a million dollars so quickly."
• (The Jackal) "Use your network to rob some banks."

• (Eric Porter) "We are not terrorists, you understand. We are patriots. Our duty is to the soldiers who died fighting in Algeria, and to the three million French citizens who have always lived there."
• (The Jackal) "And so you want to get rid of him."
• (Eric Porter) "Speaking as a professional, do you think it's possible?"
• (The Jackal) "It's possible. The point is getting away with it. And speaking as a professional, that's a very important consideration."
• (David Swift) "But in principle you say it could be done?"
• (The Jackal) "Yes, with enough time and planning. It would be more difficult than most other targets."
• (Denis Carey) "Why more?"
• (The Jackal) "Because de Gaulle has the best security service in the world. Their information is first-class. You see, gentlemen, not only have your own efforts failed, but you've rather queered the pitch for everyone else."
• (Denis Carey) "How dare you suggest that."
• (The Jackal) "In this work, you simply can't afford to be emotional. That's why you've made so many mistakes."
• (Eric Porter) "But if we decided to employ a professional --"
• (The Jackal) "You have to employ a professional. Your organization is so riddled with informers that nothing you decide is a secret for long. No, the job would have to be done by an outsider. The only question would be by whom, and for how much."

Maurice Denham as General Colbert

• (Maurice Denham) "I need Wolenski. Arrange to get him across the border -- What? -- No, never mind the Italian government. And once you have him inside France, bring him to Paris immediately."

Derek Jacobi as Caron

• (Derek Jacobi) "You know, sir, what they'll do to you if you don't catch this man in time --"
• (Michael Lonsdale) "I've been given a job to do, so we'll just have to do it."
• (Derek Jacobi) "But no crime has been committed yet, so where are we supposed to start looking for the criminal?"
• (Michael Lonsdale) "We start by recognizing that, after De Gaulle, we are the two most powerful people in France."

• (Derek Jacobi) "Sir, how do you know that the Jackal comes from any of these seven countries?"
• (Michael Lonsdale) "I don't. But he must be on file somewhere."

• (Derek Jacobi) "Yes, Washington, I know it's seven o'clock there, it's midnight here."

Michel Auclair as Colonel Rolland

• (Michel Auclair) "The plot describes above constitutes, in my view, the most dangerous single conception that the terrorists could possibly have devised to endanger the life of President De Gaulle. If the plot exists as described, and if a foreign-born assassin whose codename may be "Jackal" has in fact been engaged for this attempt on the life --"
• (Michel Auclair) "-- on the life of the President, it is my duty to inform you, Minister, that in my opinion we face a national emergency. New paragraph: The above report is top secret and intended for your eyes only. Written at 0800 hours, August 14 1963. Address: To the Minister of the Interior. Have the dispatch rider stand by, and forget everything you've heard."

• (Michel Auclair) ""Jackal." I thought Wolenski used it as a swearword, but it doesn't sound like him."

Olga Georges-Picot as Denise

• (Olga Georges-Picot) "Are you home already?"

Jean Martin as Wolenski

• (Jean Martin) "Jac -- kal."

Timothy West as Berthier

• (Minister) "Commissioner Berthier, any suggestions?"
• (Timothy West) "We're in trouble on this one. Our agents inside the OAS can't pin him down, since not even the OAS knows who he is. Action Service can't destroy him; they don't know who to destroy. The gendarmes, all forty-eight thousand of them, can't pursue him; they don't know who to pursue. The police can't arrest him. How can they? They don't know who to arrest. Without a name, all other proposals are meaningless. The first task, then, is to find it. We get a name, we get a passport and a face. And with a face, we get an arrest. But to find his name, and to do it in secret, is a job of pure detective work."
• (Minister) "Commissioner, who is the best detective on the force?"
• (Timothy West) "The best detective is my own deputy commissioner, Claude Lebel."

Denis Carey as Casson

• (Denis Carey) "No wonder our people are giving up, they've lost faith."
• (David Swift) "We've failed them every single time."
• (Eric Porter) "We won't fail them again."
• (Denis Carey) "What can we do? We're paralyzed."
• (David Swift) "Every cop in France has memorized our faces. Informants are all around us."
• (Eric Porter) "-- We must find an outsider. A foreigner."
• (David Swift) "A foreigner? Why?"
• (Eric Porter) "A contract killer. He won't have a record inside France, so he won't exist; he can come and go as he pleases."
• (David Swift) "That sort of person costs money."
• (Eric Porter) "Yes. I'll find the right man."

Jean Sorel as Bastien-Thiry

• (Unnamed) "For heaven's sake, man, don't you realize you are going to be shot."
• (Jean Sorel) "You don't understand. No French soldier will raise his rifle against me."

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