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Chinatown

You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.

  • Movie
  • 1974
  • R
  • 2h 10m

Directed by Roman Polanski

7.9

TMDB audience rating
7.9 out of 10 from 4,478 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Jack Nicholson

    Jack NicholsonJ.J. 'Jake' Gittes

  • Faye Dunaway

    Faye DunawayEvelyn Cross Mulwray

  • John Huston

    John HustonNoah Cross

  • Perry Lopez

    Perry LopezLieutenant Lou Escobar

  • Burt Young

    Burt YoungCurly

  • John Hillerman

    John HillermanRuss Yelburton

  • Darrell Zwerling

    Darrell ZwerlingHollis I. Mulwray

  • Roman Polanski

    Roman PolanskiMan with Knife

  • Diane Ladd

    Diane LaddIda Sessions

  • Richard Bakalyan

    Richard BakalyanDetective Loach

  • Joe Mantell

    Joe MantellLawrence Walsh

  • Roy Jenson

    Roy JensonClaude Mulvihill

  • James Hong

    James HongEvelyn's Butler

  • Bruce Glover

    Bruce GloverDuffy

  • Nandu HindsSophie

  • James O'Rear

    James O'RearLawyer

  • Beulah Quo

    Beulah QuoMaid

  • Jerry FujikawaGardener

Director
Roman Polanski
Writer
Robert Towne and Roman Polanski
Music
Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography
John A. Alonzo