Kenneth Ross screenwrote "The Day of the Jackal" based on which author's 1971 novel?
The Day of the Jackal (film) The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 Anglo-French political thriller film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox and Michel Lonsdale. Based on the 1971 novel "The Day of the Jackal" by Frederick Forsyth, the film is about a professional assassin known only as the "Jackal" who is hired to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963.
John Kruse John Kruse (1921–2004) was an English film and television screenwriter, director and novelist. He is mostly remembered for his work on ITC classic TV series "The Saint", as well as several films of the franchise, and as the author of the best-selling novel "Red Omega".