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
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 android in Terminator, or Walker in Point Blank, and he and the other characters in the film 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:
What happens when a professional killer violates the code? Get Carter! See more »Parents Guide:
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18 March 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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£750,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Jack Carter: My brother Frank.
Edna: Is he staying the night?
Jack Carter: [not amused] Funny.
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The working titles of this film were Bent, Carter, Here Comes Carter, and Carter's the Name. See more »Goofs
When Brumby is at the top of the stairs telling people to get out, some people run down the stairs but in the next shot, no one is running out of the house. See more »Quotes
Edna: [Pointing to a small wooden box that contains Frank's cremated remains] That was left for you this evening... What is it?Jack Carter: My brother Frank.
Edna: Is he staying the night?
Jack Carter: [not amused] Funny.
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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!