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The American Friend
Why this pick
A cool, deliberate European thriller built around an ordinary man drawn into assassination, with similarly patient surveillance, procedural detail, and melancholy tension.
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MOVIE1973 2h 23m GBR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A mysterious British assassin, only known by his code name of the "Jackal", is hired by the French OAS to kill General Charles de Gaulle.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Edward Fox
the Jackal
Olga Georges-Picot
Denise
Jean Sorel
Bastien-Thiry
Barrie Ingham
St. Clair
Ronald Pickup
The Forger
Tony Britton
Inspecteur Thomas
Denis Carey
Casson
Cyril Cusack
Gunsmith