Michael Caine as Jack Carter

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Michael Caine as Jack Carter is the iconic, coldly ruthless London gangster at the center of the 1971 British crime film "Get Carter," widely regarded as one of Caine’s defining screen roles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictionalCharacterPortrayal ⓘ
filmCharacterRole ⓘ
accentOrSpeechStyle Cockney ⓘ
appearsIn Get Carter ⓘ
associatedWithTheme moral ambiguity ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
basedOn Jack’s Return Home ⓘ
linked to: Jack's Return Home
basedOnAuthor Ted Lewis ⓘ
characterName Jack Carter ⓘ
characterOccupation enforcer ⓘ
gangster ⓘ
characterOriginCity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
characterTraits calculating ⓘ
cold ⓘ
ruthless ⓘ
costumeIconography sharp suit ⓘ
sunglasses ⓘ
trench coat ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
culturalStatus iconic British gangster character ⓘ
directorOfFilm Mike Hodges ⓘ
distributorOfFilm MGM ⓘ
filmCountryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
filmEra 1970s British cinema ⓘ
filmGenre crime film ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 1971 ⓘ
homeMediaAvailabilityOfFilm Blu-ray ⓘ
DVD ⓘ
VHS ⓘ
influenced later British gangster films ⓘ
languageOfFilm English ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
nationalityOfCharacter British ⓘ
notableSceneType revenge killing ⓘ
violent confrontation ⓘ
portrayalStyle intense ⓘ
understated ⓘ
portrayedBy Michael Caine ⓘ
primaryMotivationInFilm investigate brother’s death ⓘ
primarySettingOfStory Newcastle upon Tyne ⓘ
productionCompanyOfFilm MGM-EMI ⓘ
screenwriterOfFilm Mike Hodges ⓘ
secondarySettingOfStory Gateshead ⓘ
settingType industrial northern England ⓘ
significanceInCareerOfActor defining role for Michael Caine ⓘ
violenceDepiction gritty ⓘ
weaponAssociatedWithCharacter shotgun ⓘ

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