Watch NowChinatown (1974)
15
09/08/1974 (GB)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
2h 10m
- 79% (3915 votes)
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You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
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.
- Roman PolanskiDirector
- Robert TowneWriter
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$6,000,000
Revenue
$30,000,000
Keywords
- dying and death
- sea
- pedophilia
- rape
- mistake in person
- river
- chinatown
- barrage
- femme fatale
- conspiracy
- whodunit
- los angeles, california
- private detective
- neo-noir
Top Billed Cast
Jack Nicholson
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
Faye Dunaway
Evelyn Cross Mulwray
John Huston
Noah Cross
Perry Lopez
Lieutenant Lou Escobar
John Hillerman
Russ Yelburton
Diane Ladd
Ida Sessions
Roman Polanski
Man with Knife
Roy Jenson
Claude Mulvihill
Richard Bakalyan
Detective Loach
James Hong
Evelyn's Butler
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