Michael Caine in Get Carter.

By then Caine was an A list Hollywood actor so it was unusual for someone of that ilk to play a completely unsympathetic character. Everyone who tries to help him in the movie ends up dead or hurt and he doesn't care.

The remake with Stallone was rubbish because "I'm a big star so my character has to be righteous in his vengeance."

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What else would you call a Palace fa.

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Very good picks, Bronson for also, once upon a time in the west.
Clint Eastwood, Harry Callaghan and many westerns
Gene Hackman, Quick and the dead
Tim Blake Nelson, as Buster Scruggs

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

I didn't know that.

It's one of those movies that every time I watch it you learn something knew. Carter isn't a righteous killer he had an affair with his brother's wife and the girl is probably his.

His motives for finding out his brother's murderer are dubious to say the least.

Supposedly the story is based on a real life gangster.

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Richard Attenborough as Pinkie in "Brighton Rock"

I ride a GS scooter with my hair cut neat
I wear my war time coat in the wind and sleet.

Charles Hawtry