Get Carter

1971 British film by Mike Hodges
Movie film Q511591
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Summary

Get Carter is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.15% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,322 views/month, #144 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Mike Hodges[3]
  • Screenwriter: Mike Hodges[4], Ted Lewis[5]
  • Composer: Roy Budd[6]
  • Genre: film noir[7], crime film[8]
  • Based on: Jack's Return Home[9]
  • Cast member: Michael Caine[10], Ian Hendry[11], John Osborne[12], Britt Ekland[13], Roy Budd[14], Alun Armstrong[15], Bernard Hepton[16], George Sewell[17], Petra Markham[18], Geraldine Moffat[19]
  • Producer: Michael Klinger[20], Michael Caine[21]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[22]
  • Director of photography: Wolfgang Suschitzky[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
  • Commons category: Get Carter[25]
  • Review score: 7.4/10[26], 86%[27], 80/100[28]
  • Color: color[29]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[30]
  • Publication date: February 3, 1971[31], February 18, 1971[32], March 12, 1971[33], March 18, 1971[34], April 7, 1971[35], July 12, 1971[36], July 22, 1971[37], August 6, 1971[38], August 12, 1971[39], September 30, 1971[40], October 1, 1971[41], November 3, 1971[42], November 18, 1971[43], February 4, 1972[44]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[45]
  • Narrative location: Newcastle upon Tyne[46]
  • Main subject: revenge[47]
  • Film editor: John Trumper[48]
  • Title: Get Carter[49]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[50]
  • MPA film rating: R[51]
  • After a work by: Ted Lewis[52]
  • Different from: Get Carter[53]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 18[54]

Why It Matters

Get Carter has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Swedish Film Database. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . BBC Programme Catalogue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . BBC Programme Catalogue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . BBC Programme Catalogue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . BBC Programme Catalogue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  41. [43] ↑ . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 8623338
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    Bbfc rating → X certificate, 18 certificate
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 8623338, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/301944618|Get Carter (#301944618)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (films)"
  2. 28d ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imfdb id → Get_Carter_(1971)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Imfdb id: Get_Carter_(1971)"
  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 67128
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  4. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 27675
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  5. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 22696
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  6. 14w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14587 → 1038
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  7. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Assheton Gorton
    Publication date → +1971-02-03T00:00:00Z, +1971-02-18T00:00:00Z, +1971-03-12T00:00:00Z +16
    Ifco rating → 18
    Screenwriter → Mike Hodges, Ted Lewis
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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