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.
The Day of the Dolphin (book) The Day of the Dolphin ("Un animal doué de raison" – lit. "A Sentient Animal") is a 1967 science fiction thriller novel by French novelist Robert Merle. The plot concerns dolphins that are trained to communicate with humans, and their use in warfare. The central character is a government scientist with similar ideas to those of John C. Lilly.