Get Carter is a 1971 British gangster 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 to learn about his brother's supposedly accidental 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.
Original UK film poster by Arnaldo Putzu
Trinity Square car park, with Brumby's rooftop cafe, was demolished in 2010.
Base of the North Side coal staithes, North Blyth, Northumberland. Near the film's conclusion, Carter chases Paice along these. The tops of the staithes as they appear in the film have been demolished; only the base of the structure remains.
A London AEC Routemaster bus bearing promotional posters for Get Carter.
A gangster film or gangster movie is a film belonging to a genre that focuses on gangs and organized crime. It is a subgenre of crime film, that may involve large criminal organizations, or small gangs formed to perform a certain illegal act. The genre is differentiated from Westerns and the gangs of that genre.
The Petrified Forest (1936) trailer
Invisible Stripes (1939)
Francis Ford Coppola in 1976
