Chinatown (1974)
Release: June 20, 1974 | Runtime: 2h 10m | Rating: 7.9
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
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Main cast
- Jack Nicholson as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
- Faye Dunaway as Evelyn Cross Mulwray
- John Huston as Noah Cross
- Perry Lopez as Lieutenant Lou Escobar
- John Hillerman as Russ Yelburton
- Diane Ladd as Ida Sessions
- Roman Polanski as Man with Knife
- Roy Jenson as Claude Mulvihill
- Richard Bakalyan as Detective Loach
- James Hong as Evelyn's Butler
- Bruce Glover as Duffy
- Joe Mantell as Lawrence Walsh
- Roy Roberts as Mayor Bagby
- Noble Willingham as Councilman
- Rance Howard as Irate Farmer
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What is Chinatown about?
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
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