The Day of the Jackal (1973)

Michel Auclair: Colonel Rolland

Quotes 

• Colonel Rolland : [dictating a letter]  The plot described above constitutes, in my view, the most dangerous single conception that the terrorists could possibly have devised to endanger the life of President De Gaulle. If the plot exists as described, and if a foreign-born assassin whose codename may be "Jackal" has in fact been engaged for this attempt on the life...

  [the secretary makes a brief halt, and continues] 

  Colonel Rolland : ...on the life of the President, it is my duty to inform you, Minister, that in my opinion we face a national emergency. New paragraph: The above report is top secret and intended for your eyes only. Written at 0800 hours, August 14 1963. Address: To the Minister of the Interior. Have the dispatch rider stand by, and forget everything you've heard.

• Colonel Rolland : "Jackal." I thought Wolenski used it as a swearword, but it doesn't sound like him.