

Get Carter
What happens when a professional killer violates the code? Get Carter!
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.
TMDB
6.9/10
598 votes
IMDb
Not rated yet
View on IMDb
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.8M
- Box office
- —
- Language
- English
- pornography
- northern england
- hitman
- funeral
- loss of loved one
- brother
- gangster
- british pub
- neo-noir
- metrocolor
Top billed cast
















Behind the camera
Where to watch
All optionsAvailability for India. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.
Rent
Gallery












Videos
Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)R3 Feb 1971
- TheatricalR18 Mar 1971
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1812 Mar 1971
- Theatrical (limited)184K Re-Release27 May 2022
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR 18+4 Feb 1972
CanadaCA
- Theatrical18 Feb 1971
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical153 Feb 1971
FinlandFI
- PhysicalK-163 Feb 1971
GermanyDE
- Theatrical186 Aug 1971
NetherlandsNL
- TV12Net 524 May 2003
- Physical12DVD18 Aug 2011
- Physical12Blu ray5 May 2014
NorwayNO
- Theatrical153 Feb 1971
SwedenSE
- Theatrical153 Feb 1971
Frequently asked questions
Get Carter was released on 3 February 1971.
Audience reviews
2- J10/10
John Chard
1/4/2015
When Jack went home! Get Carter, not just one of the finest exponents of British neo-noir, but one of the greatest British films ever, period. Michael Caine stars as Jack Carter, a tough no nonsense operator in the London underworld who returns to his home town of Newcastle Upon Tyne when his brother turns up dead. Directed and adapted to screenplay by Mike Hodges from Ted Lewis' novel "Jack's Return Home", Ge…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
6/2/2022
Michael Caine is "Jack Carter" - a gangster who heads from London to Newcastle in England's north east to bury his brother "Frank". On the face of it, he was killed in a car accident after taking a dram or two too many. Thing is, though, "Carter" knows that his brother was no whisky drinker - and so smells a rat. Soon he is embroiled again in the local gangland antics in which he grew up, and on the trail of the trut…
Member reviews
Sign in to rate and review. Browsing stays free and open.
Sign inMember comments
0Sign in to post a comment. Browsing stays free and open.
Sign in











