When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.
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Cast
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| Michael Caine | ... | Jack Carter | |
| Ian Hendry | ... | Eric Paice | |
| Britt Ekland | ... | Anna | |
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John Osborne | ... | Cyril Kinnear |
| Tony Beckley | ... | Peter the Dutchman | |
| George Sewell | ... | Con McCarty | |
| Geraldine Moffat | ... | Glenda (as Geraldine Moffatt) | |
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Dorothy White | ... | Margaret |
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Rosemarie Dunham | ... | Edna |
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Petra Markham | ... | Doreen Carter |
| Alun Armstrong | ... | Keith | |
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Bryan Mosley | ... | Cliff Brumby |
| Glynn Edwards | ... | Albert Swift | |
| Bernard Hepton | ... | Thorpe | |
| Terence Rigby | ... | Gerald Fletcher | |
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A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother's funeral. He begins to suspect that his brother's death was not an accident and sets out to follow a complex trail of lies, deceit, cover-ups and backhanders through Newcastle's underworld, leading, he hopes, to the man who ordered his brother killed. Because of his ruthlessness, Carter exhibits all the unstopability of the cyborg in The Terminator (1984), or Walker in Point Blank (1967), and he and the other characters in this movie are prone to sudden, brutal acts of violence. Written by Mark Thompson <mrt@oasis.icl.co.uk>
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gangster | newcastle upon tyne | death of brother | hitman | revenge |Taglines:
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18 March 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
£750,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Gerald Fletcher: Bare ass naked with his socks still on?
Sid Fletcher: Yeah, they do it like that - up North.
Gerald Fletcher: What for? For protective purposes?
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(uncredited)
Music by Burton Lane
Lyrics by Ralph Freed
Sung in the pub by Denea Wilde
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The shotgun that Carter wielded was never fired during this movie. See more »Goofs
When Jack Carter arrives at Cliff Brumby's house you can see people at the party through the window. As the car door opens and he gets out, the people visible through the window have changed. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Gerald Fletcher: Bare ass naked with his socks still on?
Sid Fletcher: Yeah, they do it like that - up North.
Gerald Fletcher: What for? For protective purposes?
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Alternate Versions
The UK cinema release was cut to get an "X" rating by the BBFC with the stabbing of Albert edited to remove some shots of the knife. Director Mike Hodges later admitted that "The less you see of the knife, the more effective the scene is". The cuts were waived in 1993. See more »Soundtracks
How About You(uncredited)
Music by Burton Lane
Lyrics by Ralph Freed
Sung in the pub by Denea Wilde
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This film has a stunning Michael Caine play cold-blooded gangster Jack Carter on a quest for vengeance. Carter never wavers, he never strays from his path, he is like a surgical instrument that cuts down everything in his way with clinical precision without passion or mercy. If the Terminator were a human character, he would be Carter. Alfred he is not (hint: that's a Batman reference) . One of the best British crime flicks ever. 8 stars out of 10.
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