Jack Nicholson
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
About this film
What it's about
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 & Crew
Who made it
Cast
Faye Dunaway
Evelyn Cross Mulwray
John Huston
Noah Cross
Perry Lopez
Lieutenant Lou Escobar
John Hillerman
Russ Yelburton
Burt Young
Curly
Diane Ladd
Ida Sessions
Darrell Zwerling
Hollis I. Mulwray
Roman Polanski
Man with Knife
Roy Jenson
Claude Mulvihill
Richard Bakalyan
Detective Loach
James Hong
Evelyn's Butler
Crew
Roman Polanski
Directing
Facts & references
Details
Title
Chinatown
Year
1974
Runtime
2h 10m
Spoken Language
English
Genre
Crime · Mystery · Thriller
Director
Roman Polanski
IMDb
8.1 / 10 (374,788 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics)
98%
Metacritic
92
IMDb ID
tt0071315
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