In 1973 an Anglo-French Film was made based upon a 1971 best seller about a fictional plot to assassinate French President Charles De Galle by English author Frederick Forsyth. Summary In 1962 an unsuccessful attempt is made to assassinate Charles De Galle by members of the OAS because of De Galle granting of Independence to the French quasi-colony of Algeria. The leaders of the OAS deceide to kill De Galle as a attempted Coup d'état for France itself. To accomplish this they hire an "Englishman" who agrees under the following conditions: his code name will be the "Jackal"; his price is $500,000 dollars and total secrecy even from his employers-although he does agree to contact an OAS spy within De Galle's cabinet.