Editing Get Carter (section)

==Cast==
* [[Michael Caine]] as Jack Carter. [[Mike Hodges]] wrote the screenplay with Ian Hendry in mind for Carter, but learned that [[Michael Klinger (producer)|Michael Klinger]] had already signed up Caine for the role.<ref name=SC27>{{cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve |title=Get Carter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3uW92r5gB0C&pg=PA27 |url-status=live|publisher=I.B.Tauris |date=July 2003 |access-date=5 May 2012 |page=27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224134004/https://books.google.com/books?id=b3uW92r5gB0C&pg=PA27 |archive-date=24 February 2017 |isbn=9781860649103 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> With the backing of a major studio, Klinger was keen to secure a big name for the lead, and Caine was very prominent at the time, having starred in ''[[Alfie (1966 film)|Alfie]]'', ''[[The Italian Job]]'' and ''[[The Ipcress File (film)|The Ipcress File]]''. Hodges was surprised that a star of Caine's stature would want to play such a thoroughly unlikeable person as Carter. Giving his reasons for wanting to be involved with the film, the actor said "One of the reasons I wanted to make that picture was my background. In English movies, gangsters were either stupid or funny. I wanted to show that they're neither. Gangsters are not stupid, and they're certainly not very funny". He identified with Carter as a memory of his [[working-class]] upbringing, having friends and family members who were involved in crime<ref name="Journal">{{cite journal |last=Wells |first=Jonathan |title='Get Carter' at 50: The inside story of a British gangster classic |url=https://www.thegentlemansjournal.com/article/get-carter-at-50-inside-story-british-gangster-classic-michael-caine/ |journal=Gentleman's Journal |date=February 2021 |access-date=24 June 2021 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> and felt Carter represented a path his life might have taken under different circumstances: "Carter is the dead-end product of my own environment, my childhood; I know him well. He is the ghost of Michael Caine".<ref name="Freedland-2000">{{cite book |last=Freedland |first=Michael |title=Michael Caine: A Biography |year=2000 |publisher=Orion |isbn=978-0-7528-3472-6 |page=213}}</ref> He made subtle changes to Hodges's depiction of Carter in the script, cut out pleasantries and gave him a cold, hard edge; closer to Lewis's original envisioning of the character.<ref name=SC27/> Although he is not credited as such in the film, Caine has been acknowledged in retrospect as a co-producer.<ref name=AFI>{{cite web|title=Get Carter, AFI Catalog of feature films|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=54265|work=AFI Catalog|publisher=AFI|access-date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228205750/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=54265|archive-date=28 December 2013|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> By a strange coincidence, Caine's [[stand-in]] on the film was a man called Jack Carter.<ref name=SC27/>
* [[Ian Hendry]] as Eric Paice. Hendry had previously been cast by producer Klinger in [[Roman Polanski]]'s ''[[Repulsion (film)|Repulsion]]'', and was Hodges's first choice to play Carter, but by 1970 his career was rapidly declining. Hendry's [[alcoholism]]<ref name=SC29>{{cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve |title=Get Carter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3uW92r5gB0C&pg=PA29 |url-status=live |publisher=I.B.Tauris |date=July 2003 |page=29 |access-date=5 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111200357/http://books.google.com/books?id=b3uW92r5gB0C&pg=PA29 |archive-date=11 January 2014 |isbn=9781860649103 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> and poor physical condition<ref>Chibnall, 2003 p. 86</ref> were apparent on set in [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], and his envy at the success of his contemporary Caine was exacerbated by his drinking. Hodges and Caine used his animosity towards Caine to their advantage to create extra tension in the scenes between Carter and Paice.<ref>Chibnall, pp. 37–38</ref>
* [[John Osborne]] as Cyril Kinnear, Jack's main adversary. Osborne, a famous playwright, was an unusual choice of actor; he was suggested by Hodges's agent.<ref name="Collings-30-12-2010">{{cite web|last=Collings|first=Mark|title=Did You Ever Meet Elvis? Get Carter director Mike Hodges on meeting Caine, Ali and Kubrick|url=http://www.sabotagetimes.com/people/did-you-ever-meet-elvis-get-carter-director-mike-hodges-on-meeting-caine-ali-and-kubrick/|work=Jack mag archives, Sabotage Times, 30 December 2010|publisher=Sabotage Times|access-date=14 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231205407/http://www.sabotagetimes.com/people/did-you-ever-meet-elvis-get-carter-director-mike-hodges-on-meeting-caine-ali-and-kubrick/|archive-date=31 December 2011|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The writer enjoyed the change, and saw it as a way to erase the image in the public's mind of him as an [[Angry young men|angry young man]].<ref name=SC29/> Osborne had never played card games before and practised poker before the shoot to lend realism to the gambling scene. Osborne's portrayal was a contrast to the description in [[Ted Lewis (writer)|Ted Lewis]]'s novel ''[[Jack's Return Home]]'' of Kinnear as an uncultured, corpulent [[spiv]], giving him an urbane and relaxed demeanour, his delivery being so relaxed and quiet that it was difficult for the [[Production sound mixer|sound recordist]] to pick up, but Hodges liked the "menace in that quietness".<ref>{{cite web |last=Collings |first=Mark |title=Did You Ever Meet Elvis? Get Carter director Mike Hodges on meeting Caine, Ali and Kubrick |url=http://www.sabotagetimes.com/people/did-you-ever-meet-elvis-get-carter-director-mike-hodges-on-meeting-caine-ali-and-kubrick/|work=Jack mag archives, Sabotage Times, 30 December 2010|publisher=Sabotage Times|access-date=14 February 2012|quote=Hodges: "The sound man comes up to me and says, "John's too quiet". And I said, "He's come to me like that and that's how I want him". So if you watch that scene I just get closer and closer with the camera to capture that quietness. John was great, there was a lot of menace in that quietness. He made a great villain".|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231205407/http://www.sabotagetimes.com/people/did-you-ever-meet-elvis-get-carter-director-mike-hodges-on-meeting-caine-ali-and-kubrick/|archive-date=31 December 2011|url-status=usurped|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Britt Ekland]] as Anna. Ekland was cast as the leading lady of the film, as she was a prominent [[sex symbol]] of the time and would have already been familiar to US audiences through her work in ''[[The Night They Raided Minsky's]]'' and ''[[Stiletto (1969 film)|Stiletto]]''. Accordingly, her minor role in the film was overemphasised in the publicity. Ekland was afraid of becoming typecast, having already played two [[gangster's moll]]s before ''Carter'' in ''Stiletto'' and ''[[Machine Gun McCain]]''.<ref name=SC29/> She was also reluctant to take the part as she did not want to take her clothes off; however, she had financial problems at the time as a result of bad investment decisions by her accountant. She was later happy that she had been involved with the project.<ref name=shortlist>{{cite magazine |title=Get Carter: 40th Anniversary 112 minutes that revolutionised the gangster film |url=http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/films/get-carter-40th-anniversary |url-status=live |magazine=[[ShortList]] |year=2012 |access-date=6 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325204434/http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/films/get-carter-40th-anniversary |archive-date=25 March 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Bryan Mosley]] as Cliff Brumby. [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] executives initially wanted [[Telly Savalas]] for the part of the "big man", but were impressed by ''[[Coronation Street]]'' actor Mosley's performance in fight scenes in ''[[Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)|Far from The Madding Crowd]]''.<ref name="Gidney-127-2000">{{cite book |last=Gidney |first=Chris |title=Street Life: The Bryan Mosley Story |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=2000 |page=127 |isbn=978-0-00-274082-1}}</ref> A devout [[Roman Catholic]], Mosley was concerned about taking part in such a violent film with depictions of [[criminal behaviour]], and consulted his priest over the moral implications.<ref name="Gidney-129-2000">{{cite book |last=Gidney |first=Chris |title=Street Life: The Bryan Mosley Story |publisher=HarperCollins |year=2000 |page=129 |quote=After reading the script the priest returned with his conclusion; "I was pretty astounded when he said it was a pretty good [[morality play]]! The tone of the piece, although violent, did not condone such actions, indeed even condemned them. I was relieved and at peace with the decision to go ahead" |isbn=978-0-00-274082-1}}</ref>
* [[George Sewell]] as Con McCarty. Sewell was the man who introduced [[Barbara Windsor]] to [[Charlie Kray]]. He grew up in working-class [[Hoxton]] and had come to acting late when, in 1959, he joined [[Joan Littlewood]]'s [[Theatre Workshop]]. A well-known face on British television in the 1960s, his sandblasted features and shifty, haunted looks made him ideal for playing villainous characters or hard-bitten detectives. He seemed ideally cast as a [[London]] gangster colleague of Carter's. After ''Carter'', Sewell became more known for playing policemen rather than villains.<ref name=SC29/><ref name="telegraph, 2007">{{cite news |title=George Sewell, Obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1547656/George-Sewell.html |access-date=14 February 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=5 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109213852/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1547656/George-Sewell.html |archive-date=9 November 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Tony Beckley]] as Peter the Dutchman. Lewis depicted Peter as a misogynistic homosexual in his novel; these elements were not emphasised in the film, although the character is flamboyant and [[Camp (style)|camp]]. Beckley had developed a specialism of playing sadistic criminals, so his part in ''Carter'' was somewhat similar to his role of "Camp Freddy" alongside Caine in ''The Italian Job''.<ref name="Collings-30-12-2010"/>
* [[Glynn Edwards]] as Albert Swift. Like Sewell, Edwards was an apprentice of Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop who had come to acting in his 30s. He had previously appeared alongside Caine in ''[[Zulu (1964 film)|Zulu]]'' and ''The Ipcress File''. After the film Edwards found work as a [[character actor]] and appeared regularly in the TV show ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''.<ref>Chibnall, p. 33</ref>
* [[Alun Armstrong]] as Keith Lacey. This was Armstrong's screen debut. The themes of ''Get Carter'' echo to a certain extent those of Armstrong's better-known role 25 years later in BBC drama ''[[Our Friends in the North]]''. He wrote a letter to MGM when he learned it was making the film in Newcastle, and he was invited to meet director Mike Hodges, who wanted to cast local actors.<ref>Mitchell, Wendy, [http://www.screendaily.com/home/blog/get-armstrong/5025258.article "Get Armstrong"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009103905/http://www.screendaily.com/home/blog/get-armstrong/5025258.article |date=9 October 2012}}, ''Screen Daily'', 23 March 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.</ref>
* [[Bernard Hepton]] as Thorpe. [[Bradford]]-born Hepton was cast by Hodges as Kinnear's nervous messenger.
* [[Petra Markham]] as Doreen Carter. Petra Markham was a 24-year-old experienced theatre actress when she was asked to play the role of Carter's 16-year-old niece. Her appearance in only four scenes in the film meant she could balance the film work with appearing at the [[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court]] and her role in the television series ''[[Albert and Victoria]]''. She went on to play the unfortunate [[Rose Chapman (EastEnders)|Rose Chapman]] in ''[[EastEnders]]''.<ref>Chibnall, p. 32</ref>
* [[Geraldine Moffat]] as Glenda. Moffatt was an experienced actress who had trained at the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]]. She attracted Hodges's attention not just for her good looks but for her work on [[Alun Owen]]'s [[television plays]] ''Stella'' and ''Doreen''.<ref name="Chibnall 31">Chibnall, p. 31</ref>
* Dorothy White as Margaret. White had a successful career as a television actress and was particularly well known for ''[[Z-Cars]]'', but the part of Margaret was her first credited cinematic role (the only other being a part in the 1955 film ''[[Touch and Go (1955 film)|Touch & Go]]''). She had previously worked with Mike Hodges on the television play ''Suspect''.<ref name="Chibnall 31" /> 
* [[Rosemarie Dunham]] as Edna Garfoot, Carter's landlady. Although she had appeared in ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' and ''[[A Family at War]]'' on television, this was [[Scotland|Scottish]]-born Dunham's film debut.
* [[John Bindon]] as Sid Fletcher. He was the son of a London cab driver who was discovered by [[Ken Loach]] in a pub. As a young man Bindon had been in and out of [[borstal]], and spent most of his adult life associating with criminals, so he was ideally suited to play a [[Organized crime|gangland]] boss, despite being young, having intimate knowledge of that world. In the late 1970s his career suffered as he became entangled in accusations of [[protection racketeering]] in [[Fulham]] and was acquitted of murder at the [[Old Bailey]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Hoare |first=Philip |title=Obituary: John Bindon |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-john-bindon-1502412.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=6 November 1993 |access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref>
* [[Terence Rigby]] as Gerald Fletcher, one of the London crime boss brothers. Rigby was another actor Hodges cast from his familiarity in television police drama.<ref name="Chibnall 34">Chibnall, p. 34</ref>

Mike Hodges recruited a band of experienced character actors to play the small supporting roles. [[Godfrey Quigley]] was cast as Eddie Appleyard, a colleague of Frank Carter's. [[Kevin Brennan (actor)|Kevin Brennan]] appears as Harry the card-player. [[Ben Aris]], who plays one of the architects, had previously appeared in such films as ''[[if....]]'', ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' and ''[[Hamlet (1969 film)|Hamlet]]''.<ref name="Chibnall 34" />

Carl Howard's character of the assassin, "J", is only identified by the initial on his ring, in his only film role, and an appropriate mystery surrounds his real identity. His name does not appear on the credits of some prints. Mike Hodges explained that Howard was an extra in his TV film ''Rumour'', and the director gave him a line to say, but another extra was wrongly credited. Hodges promised he would make it up to him and cast him in ''Carter'', but his name was missed off some of the original prints. If you look closely, the assassin also appears briefly in the same train compartment as Jack approaches Newcastle. When the film credits were printed in the ''[[Radio Times]]'' and ''[[TV Times]]'', Howard was also trimmed. Hodges said in 2002 that "Carl and credits don't seem destined for each other".<ref name="Chibnall, p. 35">Chibnall, p. 35</ref>