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Get Carter (1971) -- When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.

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Director:
Writers:
Mike Hodges (screenplay)
Ted Lewis (novel)
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Release Date:
18 March 1971 (USA) more
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Tagline:
What happens when a professional killer violates the code? Get Carter!
Plot:
When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. more
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(13 articles)
The Forgotten: The Dance of the Bread Rolls
 (From The Auteurs. 17 December 2009, 8:15 AM, PST)

Clive Owen: The Hollywood Interview
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 4 November 2009, 12:49 PM, PST)

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Cast

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Michael Caine ... Jack Carter
Ian Hendry ... Eric Paice

Britt Ekland ... Anna
John Osborne ... Cyril Kinnear
Tony Beckley ... Peter the Dutchman
George Sewell ... Con McCarty
Geraldine Moffat ... Glenda (as Geraldine Moffatt)
Dorothy White ... Margaret
Rosemarie Dunham ... Edna
Petra Markham ... Doreen Carter
Alun Armstrong ... Keith
Bryan Mosley ... Cliff Brumby
Glynn Edwards ... Albert Swift
Bernard Hepton ... Thorpe
Terence Rigby ... Gerald Fletcher
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Runtime:
112 min | West Germany:103 min (cut version)
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:R21 | West Germany:18 (nf) | Australia:M | Canada:14A (video rating) | Finland:K-18 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (cut) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Ireland:(Banned) (original rating) | Ireland:18 (re-rating) | UK:X (original rating) (cut)

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Trivia:
The white Cadillac in the film was Michael Klinger's (producer) own car. more
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Continuity: On more than one occasion but especially as she leaves the bingo hall to walk home, Margaret's shoes keep changing. They vary between beige mules and black patent sling-backs. more
Quotes:
Albert: For Christ's sake.
Jack Carter: You knew what I'd do didn't you, Albert?
Albert: I didn't kill him.
Jack Carter: [as he kills him] I know you didn't.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "ER: Get Carter (#10.13)" (2004) more

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15 out of 22 people found the following review useful.
classic, 31 August 2004
Author: ginger_sonny from London, England

British gangster classic starring Michael Caine as the eminently quotable, ultimately tough Jack Carter

Hard to believe that a major studio felt the need to remake this British gangster classic, which ranks up there with the likes of The Long Good Friday as one of the finest home grown films of the past 30 years.

Caine is the gangster who goes to Newcastle for his brother's funeral and begins to suspect his death was no accident; cue edgy thrills and violence as he exacts revenge on the folks he believes responsible.

Caine, as in the majority of his signature roles, is superbly armed with a set of eminently quotable one-liners ("You're a big man, but you're out of shape" tops the bill this time), and as emotionally detached and violently ruthless as Point Blank's similarly vengeful Lee Marvin, while director Hodges paints a gritty, bleak picture of the gangster underworld.

Soap fans will be equally intrigued to see Coronation Street's Alf Roberts (aka Bryan Moseley) being tossed off a roof.

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