Character Relationship Map: Get Carter

Characters

• Jack Carter (played by Michael Caine) — protagonist

  Protagonist, a London-based gangster who returns to Newcastle to investigate his brother Frank's suspicious death. Relentlessly pursues the truth, confronting crime bosses, associates, and corrupt fig...

• Eric (played by Ian Hendry) — protagonist

  Former associate of Jack who now works as a chauffeur for crime boss Kinnear. Initially evasive and warns Jack to avoid conflict with the Newcastle mob. Later betrays Jack by revealing his affair to t...

• Anna (played by Britt Ekland) — supporting

  Gerald Fletcher's girlfriend who is secretly involved in an affair with Jack Carter. The couple plans to flee to South America together. Their relationship is later exploited by Eric to inform the Fle...

• Kinnear (played by John Osborne) — supporting

  Powerful Newcastle crime boss who orchestrates Frank Carter's murder to eliminate competition and control local businesses. He maintains a lavish lifestyle, employing Glenda and Eric. Jack frames him...

• Cliff Brumby (played by Bryan Mosley) — supporting
• Peter (played by Tony Beckley) — supporting

  London gangster and colleague of Jack Carter, sent by the Fletchers to retrieve him forcibly. He pursues Jack in Newcastle but is ultimately cornered in a shootout where Jack kills him after Eric and...

• Sid Fletcher (played by John Bindon) — minor
• Albert Swift (played by Glynn Edwards) — minor
• Con (played by George Sewell) — supporting

  London associate sent by the Fletchers to bring Jack back to London. After a failed pursuit and shootout with Jack, he escapes alongside Eric by discarding the sports car into the river, sparing his l...

• Glenda (played by Geraldine Moffat) — supporting

  A glamorous but heavy-drinking associate of Kinnear who becomes involved with Jack. She provides crucial information about the blackmail film and Eric's involvement. After a violent confrontation wher...

• Doreen (played by Petra Markham) — supporting

  Jack's teenage niece who appears at her father Frank's funeral. She is later revealed to have been coerced into appearing in a pornographic film produced by Kinnear's network. Her victimization serves...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Kinnear → Glenda (Professional Criminal Associates) — Glenda is connected to Kinnear's criminal and exploitative operation.

  Glenda is described as an associate of Kinnear, and she says the pornographic film was Kinnear's.

• Eric → Kinnear (Professional Chauffeur And Boss) — Eric works directly for Kinnear as his chauffeur and operative.

  Eric refuses to identify his employer as a chauffeur, and Jack's tailing of him leads to Kinnear's country house.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Glenda → Doreen (Unknown Coerced Film Participants) — Both are connected to the exploitative film, although the plot presents Doreen as coerced.

  Jack discovers a film in which Doreen is forced to have sex, and Glenda is identified as one of the other participants.

• Con → Eric (Alliance Escape Partners) — They cooperate in the aftermath of the attack on Jack.

  After the shootout, Con and Eric escape together and push the sports car into the river.

• Peter → Con (Alliance Teammates) — They operate as a coordinated retrieval team for the Fletchers.

  Peter and Con arrive together from London after being sent to take Jack back.

• Albert Swift → Cliff Brumby (Alliance Informant) — Albert supplies Brumby with information that enables the provocation scheme.

  Albert confesses that he told Brumby that Doreen was the victim's daughter.

• Eric → Doreen (Conflict Coercer) — Eric is implicated in recruiting Doreen and protecting the criminal scheme.

  Glenda tells Jack that she thinks Doreen was pulled into the film by Eric, while Albert confirms Eric helped arrange the resulting death.

• Kinnear → Doreen (Conflict Exploiter And Victim) — Kinnear's network exploits Doreen, making him a central source of her victimization.

  The film is identified as Kinnear's, and Doreen is forced to participate in it.

• Kinnear → Cliff Brumby (Conflict Business Rivals) — Kinnear's expansion threatens Brumby's commercial control.

  Brumby explains that Kinnear is trying to take over his amusement-arcade business.

• Jack Carter → Con (Conflict Pursued Enemies) — Con helps enforce the Fletchers' order against Jack but survives the confrontation.

  Con arrives with Peter to take Jack back, participates in the pursuit, and escapes after the shootout.

• Jack Carter → Peter (Conflict Pursued Enemies) — Peter is the most direct London-enforcer threat to Jack during the middle of the film.

  Peter is sent to retrieve Jack, pursues him in Newcastle, and is killed by Jack during the ensuing shootout.

• Jack Carter → Albert Swift (Social Old Acquaintances) — Albert is an older connection whom Jack approaches as an information source.

  Jack goes to Newcastle Racecourse seeking his old acquaintance Albert Swift for information.

• Jack Carter → Glenda (Alliance Temporary Rescuers) — Glenda briefly assists Jack and provides access to crucial information.

  Glenda rescues Jack from the pursuing London gangsters and drives him to meet Brumby.

• Jack Carter → Cliff Brumby (Unknown Suspicious Acquaintances) — Jack initially suspects Brumby but discovers that Brumby believes he has been set up.

  Jack visits Brumby's house after being told that the name Brumby is connected to the attempt to drive him out of Newcastle.

• Jack Carter → Kinnear (Conflict Mortal Adversaries) — Kinnear is the crime boss at the center of Jack's investigation and revenge campaign.

  Jack investigates Kinnear over the death of Jack's brother, later bargains with him, and uses the police against his criminal party.

Story Analysis

A London gangster investigates his brother's suspicious death and descends into a destructive campaign of revenge against Newcastle's criminal network.

Plot Progression

1. A Funeral Without Answers — Jack returns to Newcastle for his brother's funeral and rejects the official explanation of the death. His questions bring him into contact with evasive associates and Kinnear's criminal circle.
2. The Name Behind The Threats — Jack survives an attack by local henchmen and forces one of them to reveal Brumby's name. Brumby's apparent confusion shifts Jack's investigation toward a wider struggle for control.
3. The Film Reveals The Crime — Glenda helps Jack reach Brumby, who identifies Kinnear's role and offers money for a killing. At Glenda's flat, Jack discovers the film involving Doreen and learns that Eric may have helped arrange it...
4. Revenge Spreads Through Newcastle — Albert confirms the conspiracy behind the death, then dies at Jack's hands. Jack survives a shootout, loses Glenda to the river, and kills Brumby before sending the film to the authorities.
5. The Shoreline Reckoning — Jack manipulates Kinnear into surrendering Eric and brings the police to Kinnear's party. After killing Eric in an act of ritualized revenge, Jack is shot from a distance on the shoreline.