'Get Carter' - Revision: Characters

Get Carter: Living with Crime

This blog post will focus on the following revision elements for the film:

Characters in Get Carter

Narrative Structure

Themes

Characters

Jack Carter

Looking for revenge of brother’s death

Shot dead in final scene

Eric Paice

Responsible for Frank’s death

Killed by Carter at the beach

Cyril Kinnear

Set’s up Carter to be killed at the beach

Is ‘framed’ by Carter and arrested for death of Margaret

Gerald Fletcher

Carter’s boss

Orders Jack’s death from the very beginning

Sid Fletcher – brother of Gerald

Was in Newcastle at time of Frank Carter’s death

Would have had involvement in making of porn film

Anna Fletcher

Gerald is tipped off about her affair with Jack

Fate unknown…

Margaret

Was in a relationship with Frank Carter

Appears in porn film which Carter watches

Killed by Carter for revenge and to frame Kinnear

Glenda

Appears in porn film

Puts Carter onto Brumby, Kinnear and Paice

Dies in boot of Carter’s car

Cliff Brumby

Tries to use Carter for own revenge on Kinnear

Has some knowledge of Frank’s death

Wanted to meet Carter’s niece after watching the film

Killed by Carter because of this

Albert Swift

Was in porn film and probably had sex with Carter’s niece, Doreen

Tells Carter who killed Frank

Killed by Carter

Peter and Con

Sent by Fletcher to bring Carter back to London

Peter killed by Carter on the ferry

Doreen

Carter’s niece

Appears in porn film, leads to Frank’s death

Might actually be Jack’s illegitimate daughter

‘J’

Hit man sent by Gerald to kill Carter

Is on the train at the beginning

Kills Carter on beach at the end

The next blog post will focus on the narrative structure of Get Carter