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.
William Mulvihill William Patrick Mulvihill (June 25, 1923 – September 17, 2004) was an American author of several novels, most notable of which is the "New York Times" bestseller "The Sands of Kalahari", which was later adapted into the movie "Sands of the Kalahari" by Paramount during 1965.