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Get Carter (1971 film)
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Get Carter
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
(MGM) 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
.
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