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Get Carter( 1971)

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What happens when a professional killer violates the code? Get Carter!

Overview

Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends and acquaintances to learn who murdered his sibling and why.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Michael Caine

      Jack Carter

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      Ian Hendry

      Eric

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      Britt Ekland

      Anna

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      John Osborne

      Kinnear

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      Tony Beckley

      Peter

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      George Sewell

      Con

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      Geraldine Moffat

      Glenda

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      Rosemarie Dunham

      Edna

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      Petra Markham

      Doreen

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      Alun Armstrong

      Keith

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      Bryan Mosley

      Cliff Brumby

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      Glynn Edwards

      Albert Swift

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      Bernard Hepton

      Thorpe

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      Terence Rigby

      Gerald Fletcher

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      John Bindon

      Sid Fletcher

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      Godfrey Quigley

      Eddie

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      Kevin Brennan

      Harry

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      Maxwell Deas

      Vicar (uncredited)

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      Liz McKenzie

      Mrs. Brumby (uncredited)

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      John Hussey

      Architect (uncredited)

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      Ben Aris

      Architect (uncredited)

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      Kitty Atwood

      Old Woman (uncredited)

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      Denea Wilde

      Pub Singer (uncredited)

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      Geraldine Sherman

      Girl in Café (uncredited)

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      Joy Merlyn

      Woman in Post Office (uncredited)

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      Yvonne Miklosh

      Woman in Post Office (uncredited)

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      Alan Hockey

      Scrapyard Dealer (uncredited)

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      Karl Howard

      'J' (uncredited)

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      Allan Surtees

      Gambler (uncredited)

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      John Quarmby

      Second Gambler (uncredited)

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      Ellis Dale

      Undertaker (uncredited)

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      Alexander Morton

      Hubert (uncredited)

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      Terence Plummer

      Thorpe's Driver (uncredited)

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      Doug Archell

      Drug Dealer (uncredited)

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      Dorothy White

      Margaret (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

    10
    Written by John Chard on Sun Jan 04 2015
    When Jack went home! Get Carter, not just one of the finest exponents of British neo-noir, but one of the greatest British films ever, period. Michael Caine stars as Jack Carter, a tough no nonsense operator in the London underworld who returns to his home town of Newcastle Upon Tyne when his brother turns up dead. Directed and adapted to screenplay by Mike Hodges from Ted Lewis' novel "Jack's Return Home", Get Carter is a bleakly atmospheric masterwork that takes the period setting of the time and blends harsh realism with film noir sensibilities and filters it through an uncut prism of...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    1814462.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • pornography
    • northern england
    • hitman
    • funeral
    • loss of loved one
    • brother
    • gangster
    • british pub
    • neo-noir