Movie · 1997
The Jackal
“How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?”
Released 14 November 1997 124 min Action / Crime / Thriller More from 1997 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.
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How old were they?
Leslie Phillips
as Woolburton
Sidney Poitier
as Carter Preston
John Cunningham
as FBI Director Donald Brown
Larry King
as Himself
Karen Kirschenbauer
as Speaker
David Hayman
as Terek Murad
Richard Gere
as Declan Mulqueen
Tess Harper
as The First Lady
Diane Venora
as Major Valentina Koslova
Richard Lineback
as FBI Agent McMurphy
Bruce Willis
as The Jackal
J.K. Simmons
as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Stephen Spinella
as Douglas
Ravil Isyanov
as Ghazzi Murad
Mathilda May
as Isabella Zanconia
Daniel Dae Kim
as Akashi
Jack Black
as Ian Lamont
Maggie Castle
as Maggie
Jim Grimshaw
as Green Beret Colonel
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The numbers
59years between the oldest and youngest billed
73Leslie Phillips — oldest on the call sheet
14Maggie Castle — youngest billed
46average age of the credited cast