Jean Bastien-Thiry
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Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry was a French Air Force lieutenant colonel, military air-weaponry engineer and the creator of the Nord SS.10/SS.11 missiles. Bastien-Thiry and multiple colleagues attempted to
Mug shot of Bastien-Thiry
The Day of the Jackal (film)
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The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale. Based on the 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth, the film is about a profe
Jean Bastien-Thiry
…de Gaulle's life, he and his entire entourage escaped injury. The event is depicted in Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel The Day of the Jackal and in the 1973 film adaptation of the same name, in which Bastien-Thiry is portrayed by actor Jean Sorel. Bastien-Thiry was born to a family of Catholic military officers in Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle…
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The Reading Room at the British Museum Library, where the Jackal reads Le Figaro
Hotel Negresco in Nice, where the Jackal learns his mission has been revealed.
UK quad poster