{"id":30158,"date":"2026-05-19T16:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=30158"},"modified":"2026-05-19T16:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:26:07","slug":"a-review-of-the-1971-classic-film-get-carter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=30158","title":{"rendered":"A review of the 1971 classic film &#8220;Get Carter&#8221;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This gangster thriller did reasonably well on its release but, over the years, it developed a cult following and it is now regarded as one of the best British films ever made. Michael Caine is Jack Carter, the hard man in a London organised crime gang who returns to his Northern hometown of Newcastle to investigate the recent death of his brother. It is a triumph for Caine who is rarely off screen, but there is an interesting cast list which includes Ian Hendry, John Osborne and Britt Ekland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shooting was on unusual locations with a heavy emphasis on class structure and atmosphere was enhanced by Roy Budd&#8217;s minimalist jazz score. The plot is rather complicated and increasingly violent and amoral, but it is a well-paced and gripping story written and directed by Mike Hodges in his directorial debut. Among the most memorable scenes are one with the anti-hero totally naked but sporting a shot gun and the final confrontation on a coal-strewn beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This gangster thriller did reasonably well on its release but, over the years, it developed a cult following and it is now regarded as one of the best British films ever made. Michael Caine is Jack Carter, the hard man in a London organised crime gang who returns to his Northern hometown of Newcastle to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultural-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30159,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30158\/revisions\/30159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}