The Jackal (1997 film) Quotes

The Jackal (1997 film) is a television program that debuted in 1970 . The Jackal ended in 1970.

It features James Jacks; Sean Daniel, Michael Caton-Jones, and Kevin Jarre as producer, Carter Burwell in charge of musical score, and Karl Walter Lindenlaub as head of cinematography.

The Jackal (1997 film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Jackal (1997 film) is 124 minutes long. The Jackal (1997 film) is distributed by Universal Studios.

The cast includes: David Hayman as Terek Murad, Richard Gere as Declan Mulqueen, Diane Venora as Valentina Koslova, Richard Lineback as McMurphy, Jack Black as Ian Lamont, Stephen Spinella as Douglas, and Richard Cubison as General Belinko.

The Jackal (1997 film) Quotes

Stephen Spinella as Douglas

• (Stephen Spinella) "You're not gonna call."
• (Unnamed) "Douglas. You just have to have a little faith in people, that's all. Like I do."

Jack Black as Ian Lamont

• (Unnamed) "Well, Lamont. I'm gonna have to speed-test it now."
• (Jack Black) "Yes. Yes. Speed-test."
• (Unnamed) "So -- run."
• (Jack Black) "What do you mean?"
• (Unnamed) "I mean run."
• (Unnamed) "Now."

• (Jack Black) "Oh, yeah. Bring on the spall, baby. Hey, I wonder when we're gonna --"
• (Unnamed) "Lamont."
• (Unnamed) "Close your mouth."

Richard Gere as Declan Mulqueen

• (Unnamed) "I wonder if we'll ever know who the hell he was."
• (Richard Gere) "We know all we need to. He was evil, he is dead. And he's gone. Nothing more matters."

• (Richard Gere) "Preston, how about letting me have a gun."
• (Unnamed) "Are you crazy. If the right people knew I was letting you walk around without cuffs, I'd get forced retirement."

• (Richard Gere) "Do you remember Valentina said "A statement, public and brutal." Now, it always bothered me. Why did he keep comin' when he knew- he knew we could protector the director, especially once I got involved. But he didn't abort. Why? It didn't come together until I remembered what he said to Valentina. "Tell Declan he can't protect his women.""
• (Unnamed) "Wasn't he referring to Isabella?"
• (Richard Gere) "No. Any woman. All women. But remember, "public and brutal." We're guarding the wrong person."
• (Richard Gere) "He's after the First Lady."

• (Unnamed) "This is a manhunt, not your cause. Don't make it personal."
• (Richard Gere) "What do you f***ing know?"

• (Richard Gere) "I'm sorry, Mr. Brown, but this man is no clown. He knows all your moves, back to front. Right now, you've got a name; that's all you've got. So, the Jackal's got a target: YOU. He's got a timetable. And as to making mistakes, he's spent twenty years in a trade that doesn't forgive error. And he's prevailed. You think he's the one who's up against us?"
• (Richard Gere) "It's the other way around."

• (Richard Gere) "A man like this doesn't make mistakes."
• (Diane Venora) "No? They always make one somewhere. Isn't that how you were caught?"
• (Unnamed) "Ouch."

• (Richard Gere) "Ms. Koslova, is it?"
• (Diane Venora) "Mm-hmm."
• (Richard Gere) "And what would your first name be?"
• (Diane Venora) "Major. Major Koslova."

Richard Cubison as General Belinko

• (Unnamed) "He said -- "Jackal"?"
• (Richard Cubison) "Does this mean something to you, Mr. Preston?"
• (Unnamed) "There's supposedly a killer for hire who uses that name. Several assassinations are credited to him, but we've never been able to prove if he even exists."

Diane Venora as Valentina Koslova

• (Diane Venora) "She's Basque, isn't she?"
• (Richard Gere) "Aye."
• (Diane Venora) "They say Basques live by the vendetta. If they hate someone it's to the death. It's the same when they love."

David Hayman as Terek Murad

• (David Hayman) "I loved this man like a brother. He was a dear friend and partner to me. So I took no joy in that. But if I can do this to someone I love, imagine what I can do with someone I hate. The American FBI declares war on us. Then WAR IT IS."

Richard Lineback as McMurphy

• (Richard Lineback) "How did you know whose phone to tap?"
• (Unnamed) "I didn't. So I tapped everybody's."
• (Unnamed) "But I have Diplomatic Immunity. Who authorized you to tap my telephone?"
• (Diane Venora) "I did, Ambassador."

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