The jackal is an Englishman who is a killer at the top of his profession, a man unknown to any secret service in the world, and an assassin with a contract to kill the world's most heavily guarded man.

A killer at the top of his profession, unknown to any secret service in the world, has a contract to kill French president Charles DeGaulle, one of the world's most heavily guarded men.

The Jackal, a killer at the top of his profession, unknown to any secret service in the world, has a contract to kill French president Charles de Gaulle, one of the world's most heavily guarded men. As the minutes count down to the final act of execution, it seems that there is no power on earth that can stop the Jackal.

Story of a cold, suave British assassin hired by the French OAS to kill General Charles de Gaulle. Nameless and faceless, the killer, known by the code name of Jackal, relentlessly moves toward the date with death that would rock the world. The tension mounts as the methodical preparations of the Jackal are paralleled with the efforts of the police to uncover the plot, which gives the story non-stop, edge-of-your-seat suspense.

A professional assassin known as The Jackal is hired to kill De Gaulle. The plot is traced against a modern background of French politics as the killer evades his would be captor.