Get Carter (1971)

Name: Get Carter
Director: Mike Hodges
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Released: 1971-02-03
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Cast: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne

Crime Thriller

Director: Mike Hodges

Cast: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne

Runtime112 min

Rating18

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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.

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Fans of gritty, character-driven crime thrillers will appreciate the intense performance by Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a small-time London hood investigating his brother's mysterious death in director Mike Hodges' 1971 neo-noir classic.

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Get Carter is a 1971 British gangster thriller film, written and directed by Mike Hodges in his directorial debut and starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, John Osborne, Britt Ekland and Bryan Mosley. Based on Ted Lewis's 1970 novel Jack's Return Home, the film follows the eponymous Jack Carter (Caine), a London gangster who returns to his hometown in North East England after his brother's death. Suspecting foul play, and with vengeance on his mind, he investigates and interrogates, regaining a feel for the city and its hardened-criminal element.