The Jackal poster
Director Michael Caton-Jones
Screenplay Chuck Pfarrer

The Jackal

Tagline: How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?

Release Date: 1997-11-14

Duration: 124 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Jack Black
    Ian Lamont
  • Bruce Willis
    The Jackal
  • Richard Gere
    Declan Mulqueen
  • J.K. Simmons
    FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
  • Daniel Dae Kim
    Akashi
  • Diane Venora
    Major Valentina Koslova
  • Sophie Okonedo
    Jamaican Girl
  • Leslie Phillips
    Woolburton
  • Tess Harper
    The First Lady
  • Sidney Poitier
    Carter Preston