Get Carter

UK, 1971. Director Mike Hodges. 112min.

Bleak, violent and stylish. The iconic criminal look exhibited in Get Carter is burnt into the eyes of many. You may as well throw the gangster rulebook out of the window; Jack Carter (Michael Caine) wreaks havoc across Newcastle with little care to the consequences. As cold as the Tyne & Wear backdrop, Carter wealds his thuggish craving for revenge to murderous proportions. Armed with a double-barreled shotgun and a killer wardrobe designed by Vangie Harrison, Michael Caine gives a career defining performance. An old fashioned hoodlum in a grimy and transitional landscape is the quintessence of cool in this refreshingly rendered gangster film by Mike Hodges.

With Michael Caine, Ian Hendry and Britt Ekland.

Past screenings

If Looks Could Kill – London
Thursday 15 May 2008, 18:30 | ICA Cinema
With introduction by Alistair O’Neill.