Chinatown
1974 · ★ 7.9 · Dir. Roman Polanski
You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
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.
- Released
- 1974-06-20
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Rated
- R
- Language
- EN
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $30M
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Jack Nicholson
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
Faye Dunaway
Evelyn Cross Mulwray
John Huston
Noah Cross
Perry Lopez
Lieutenant Lou Escobar
John Hillerman
Russ Yelburton
Roman Polanski
Man with Knife
Diane Ladd
Ida Sessions
Roy Jenson
Claude Mulvihill
Richard Bakalyan
Detective Loach
James Hong
Evelyn's Butler
Bruce Glover
Duffy
Joe Mantell
Lawrence Walsh
Keywords
RiverNeo-noirDying and deathLos angeles, californiaConspiracyRapeSeaWhodunitPrivate detectivePedophiliaMistake in personBarrageChinatown
