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.
Directed by Mike Hodges
Starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne, Tony Beckley, George Sewell, Geraldine Moffat, Rosemarie Dunham
Released in cinemas in the United Kingdom on 12 March 1971.
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12 March 1971
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3 February 1971 (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and 1 more)
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