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Release Date:
18 March 1971 (USA)
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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
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Gangster
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Betting
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Pedophilia
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Informer
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Mini Cooper
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
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(12 articles)
Clive Owen: The Hollywood Interview
(From The Hollywood Interview. 4 November 2009, 12:49 PM, PST)
50 Essential Foreign Films 2000-2008 (Part 2) - Spotlight on Films from the UK
(From The Movie Fanatic. 5 September 2009, 9:38 AM, PDT)
(From The Hollywood Interview. 4 November 2009, 12:49 PM, PST)
50 Essential Foreign Films 2000-2008 (Part 2) - Spotlight on Films from the UK
(From The Movie Fanatic. 5 September 2009, 9:38 AM, PDT)
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Forget Lock Stock and 2 smoking......
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
| 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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In the first shot in the long bar, the second local man to stare at Jack Carter actually has five fingers and a thumb. This was a genuine abnormality of the 'extra' who played the part. It can be seen as he raises his glass of beer to drink.
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Goofs:
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.
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Quotes:
Jack Carter:
You couldn't run an egg and spoon race Eric.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "World of Pub: Caine (#1.5)" (2001)
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Forget Lock stock...this is how a British gangster film should be made. Michael Caine is excellent as the London based hardman going back to Newcastle to avenge the death of his brother. The use of provincial locations in the early 1970s is almost unique in british cinema. Newcastle itself, it has to be said,looks as cold and ruthless as Jack Carter himself and wouldnt be used by the North of England tourist board.Look out for some first rate performances especially Ian Hendry and the playwrite John Osbourne as a sinister Mr Big.The film is violent and uncompromising but also very entertaining with a neat line in black humour. Dont miss it!