Movie
Chinatown
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1974-06-20
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions, Robert Evans Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Burt Young as Curly
- John Hillerman as Russ Yelburton
- Darrell Zwerling as Hollis I. Mulwray
- Roman Polanski as Man with Knife
- Diane Ladd as Ida Sessions
- Richard Bakalyan as Detective Loach
- Joe Mantell as Lawrence Walsh
- Roy Jenson as Claude Mulvihill
Crew
- Roman Polanski - Director
- Robert Towne - Writer
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