The Day of the Jackal (1973)

Summary: In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle.

Release Date: July 30, 1973

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director: Fred Zinnemann

Writers: Frederick Forsyth

, Kenneth Ross

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: PG

Production: John Woolf Productions, Warwick Film Productions, Universal Productions France

Distributor: Universal Pictures, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Universal Home Video, Arrow Video, MCA/Universal Home Video

Countries: United Kingdom, France

Language: English

Domestic: $ 16,056,255

Oliver! (1968)

Summary: After being sold to the mortician Sowerberry, young orphan Oliver Twist runs away and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by their elderly mentor Fagin in 1830s London in this musical based on Charles Dickens' Oliver T...

Release Date: September 27, 1968

Genres: Drama, Family, Musical

Director: Carol Reed

Writers: Lionel Bart

, Vernon Harris

, Charles Dickens

Runtime: 2 h 33 min

MPAA: G

Production: Romulus Films, Warwick Film Productions

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Pioneer Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Twilight Time, The Criterion Channel

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 10,000,000

The Long Ships (1964)

Summary: A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules.

Release Date: June 24, 1964

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Director: Jack Cardiff