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Basics Critics:70Viewers:66Rusty:76
Category: Crime, Drama, Mystery/Noir/ThrillerNotable as: Crime FictionSub-Category: Thriller, Crime FictionMain subject: revengeNarrative location: Newcastle upon TyneRuntime: 103 - 112 minutesColor: colorLanguage: EnglishCountry: United KingdomDirector: Mike HodgesScreenwriter: Mike Hodges, Ted LewisBased on: Jack's Return HomeMusic: Roy BuddCinematography: Wolfgang SuschitzkyStars: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne, Tony Beckley, George Sewell, Geraldine Moffat, Alun Armstrong, Bernard Hepton, John Bindon Producer: Michael KlingerAward details: (details at IMDb)
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Get Carter is a 1971 British crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne and Bryan Mosley. The screenplay was adapted by Hodges from Ted Lewis' 1969 novel Jack's Return Home. Producer Michael Klinger optioned the book and made a deal for the ailing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio to finance and release the film, bringing in Hodges and Caine. Caine became a co-producer of the film. Get Carter was Hodges' first feature film as director, as well as being the screen debut of Alun Armstrong. MGM was scaling back its European operations and the film became the last project approved before the American company closed its Borehamwood studios. The film is set in North East England and was filmed in and around Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, and County Durham. The story follows a London gangster, the eponymous Jack Carter, who travels back to his hometown to discover more about the events surrounding his brother Frank's supposedly-accidental death. Suspecting foul play, he investigates and interrogates, getting a feel for the city and its hardened-criminal element; with vengeance on his mind, the situation builds to a violent conclusion.


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