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Racketeer Jack Carter returns to his native Newcastle to attend his brother's funeral and investigate the circumstances surrounding his death. As events unfold, he uncovers troubling connections to drugs, pornography and corruption, and finds himself on a collision-course with a criminal kingpin and his cohorts. Mike Hodges' thriller, starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, Glynn Edwards and John Osborne
1971
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Gangster
Movie/Drama
Police/Crime Drama
Thriller
Cast & Crew
Michael Caine
(Actor)
.. Jack Carter
Ian Hendry
(Actor)
.. Eric Paice
Britt Ekland
(Actor)
.. Anna Fletcher
Glynn Edwards
(Actor)
.. Albert Swift
John Osborne
(Actor)
.. Cyril Kinnear
George Sewell
(Actor)
.. Con McCarty
Tony Beckley
(Actor)
.. Peter
Alun Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Keith
Rosemarie Dunham
(Actor)
.. Edna
Terence Rigby
(Actor)
.. Gerald Fletcher
Mike Hodges
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Michael Caine
(Actor)
.. Jack Carter
Born:
March 14, 1933
in
London
Best Known For:
His glasses and cockney accent.
Early-life:
Born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite on March 14, 1933, in St Olave's Hospital, Rotherhithe, London. His father was a fish-market porter, his mother a charlady. He grew up with younger brother Stanley, but didn't know of his elder half-brother David until after their mother's death. David had severe epilepsy and lived all his life in hospital. Michael left school at 15 and did various jobs before joining the Army, and saw action in Korea. He decided to become an actor after taking part in plays at his local youth club, and took his stage name from Humphrey Bogart movie The Caine Mutiny.
Career:
Caine worked on stage and appeared in small roles on TV, often struggling to make ends meet. He was good friends with Terence Stamp during the early 1960s, before either became famous, and they often shared digs. Caine decided if he wasn't successful by the age of 30 he'd quit acting. Days before this milestone he landed the role in Zulu which made his name. The Harry Palmer spy movies, The Italian Job and Alfie secured his star status. Since then, he's made many films, many forgettable and, by his own admission, done for the money. Highlights include Get Carter, Sleuth (plus a remake), The Man Who Would Be King, Educating Rita, Little Voice, Mona Lisa, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Harry Brown and Interstellar. He won Oscars for Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules. He claims he will retire from showbusiness when he's 90.
Quote:
'I'll always be around because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point.'
Trivia:
He was knighted in 2000.
Ian Hendry
(Actor)
.. Eric Paice
Britt Ekland
(Actor)
.. Anna Fletcher
Born:
October 06, 1942
in
Stockholm, Sweden
Best Known For:
Her high-profile relationships.
Early-life:
Born Britt-Marie Eklund on October 6, 1942, in Stockholm, Sweden. She describes her mother as a beautiful woman who lived for her children. Her father, she has claimed, was a womaniser. She attended drama school and joined a travelling theatre troupe in her teens. She left Sweden at the age of 19 after making a handful of Swedish movies and eventually became a star in Italian films before heading to England.
Career:
Despite some decent film roles, Ekland became famous for being married to Peter Sellers, and appeared with him in After the Fox and The Bobo. She had a small but memorable role in 1971 cult classic Get Carter. Two years later, she made The Wicker Man, which remains one of her most popular movies. Her Bond girl role in 1974's The Man with the Golden Gun sealed her reputation as a sex symbol and won her a lifetime of publicity. Few of her roles since have been memorable. She began appearing in British pantos in 1992 and has written a warts-and-all autobiography. She appeared in the 10th series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2010.
Quote:
On her Bond character, Mary Goodnight: 'It was one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done, but it did nothing for my career.'
Trivia:
In addition to Swedish, Ekland is fluent in English, French and German.
Glynn Edwards
(Actor)
.. Albert Swift
John Osborne
(Actor)
.. Cyril Kinnear
George Sewell
(Actor)
.. Con McCarty
Tony Beckley
(Actor)
.. Peter
Alun Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Keith
Born:
July 17, 1946
in
Annfield Plain, near Stanley, Co Durham
Best Known For:
New Tricks.
Early-life:
Alun Armstrong was born in Annfield Plain, near Stanley, Co Durham, on July 17, 1946. His father was from Cumberland and his mother was from Co Durham. He attended Consett Grammar School before going to Newcastle University. Unhappy in academia, he took a job as a gravedigger, where a colleague managed to get him an interview for a behind-the-scenes job with a theatre company. That in turn led to acting work.
Career:
Armstrong's screen debut came in the classic Michael Caine gangster movie Get Carter in 1971. Other early roles included parts in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Softly, Softly and The Sweeney. His many other TV roles include Austin Donaghue in Our Friends in the North, Detective Chief Inspector Frank Jefferson in In the Red, and George Mole in Adrian Mole: The Cappucino Years, alongside Alison Steadman. Film credits include The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Krull (1983), American Friends (1991), Patriot Games (1992) and Braveheart (1995). He has won countless accolades for his classic stage roles. He is currently best known for playing the role of Brian Lane in popular BBC series New Tricks, a part he played for 10 series.
Quote:
'I'm more concerned about losing my marbles than losing parts - especially when it comes to learning lines!'
Trivia:
Armstrong originated the role of Thénardier in the London production of Les Misérables and won an Olivier Award for playing the title role in Sweeney Todd.
Rosemarie Dunham
(Actor)
.. Edna
Terence Rigby
(Actor)
.. Gerald Fletcher
Mike Hodges
(Director)
