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19742h 10mREnglish

Chinatown

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

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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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DirectorRoman Polanski

Keywords

dying and deathseapedophiliarapemistake in personriverchinatownbarragefemme fataleconspiracywhodunitlos angeles, californiaprivate detectiveneo-noirdramaticsuspenseful
Budget$6M
Box Office$30M

Cast

Jack Nicholson as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

Jack Nicholson

J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

Faye Dunaway as Evelyn Cross Mulwray

Faye Dunaway

Evelyn Cross Mulwray

John Huston as Noah Cross

John Huston

Noah Cross

Perry Lopez as Lieutenant Lou Escobar

Perry Lopez

Lieutenant Lou Escobar

John Hillerman as Russ Yelburton

John Hillerman

Russ Yelburton

Diane Ladd as Ida Sessions

Diane Ladd

Ida Sessions

Roman Polanski as Man with Knife

Roman Polanski

Man with Knife

Roy Jenson as Claude Mulvihill

Roy Jenson

Claude Mulvihill

Richard Bakalyan as Detective Loach

Richard Bakalyan

Detective Loach

James Hong as Evelyn's Butler

James Hong

Evelyn's Butler