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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.

Film19742h 10mReleased

ThrillerCrimeMystery
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Director
Roman Polanski
Language
English
Released
1974-06-20
Runtime
2h 10m

Community score

7.94,317 votes on TMDB

Confidence

Rating weighted by how many people voted

7.8

The story

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.

Cast

  • 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