Get Carter
1971
When his nephew is murdered in the grimy, corruption-riddled city of Newcastle, London gangster Jack Carter travels north and coldly pursues ruthless revenge against everyone responsible. Mike Hodges' bleak and stylish British crime film is widely regarded as one of the finest of its genre.
Director
- Mike Hodges
Cast
- Michael Caine
- Ian Hendry
- Britt Ekland
- John Osborne
- Tony Beckley
- George Sewell
Filming Locations
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Blackhall Colliery
The film's bleak climax, in which Carter pursues and kills Eric on the beach by the aerial ropeway coal skips, was filmed at Blackhall Rocks Beach near Blackhall Colliery.
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Durham
Dryderdale Hall in Hamsterley, County Durham, served as the home of villain Cyril Kinnear; scenes there include Carter's confrontation with Kinnear and the police raid in which Margaret's body is dragged from the grounds' lake.
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Gateshead
The brutalist Trinity Square multi-storey car park dominates the Gateshead scenes, including the sequence where Jack Carter confronts and throws corrupt businessman Cliff Brumby to his death from the roof.
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Numerous Newcastle city-centre locations were used, including Neville Street, Pink Lane, West Road Crematorium for the funeral scene, and Newcastle Racecourse at High Gosforth Park.