Chinatown

• Movie

  Type

• 1974

  Year

• 2h 10m

  Runtime

• ★ 7.9

  Rating

• Crime / Drama / Mystery

  Genre

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

Jack Nicholson

Jake Gittes

Faye Dunaway

Evelyn Cross Mulwray

John Huston

Noah Cross

Perry Lopez

Lieutenant Lou Escobar

John Hillerman

Russ Yelburton

Roman Polanski

Man with Knife

Diane Ladd

Ida Sessions

Roy Jenson

Claude Mulvihill

Richard Bakalyan

Detective Loach

James Hong

Evelyn's Butler

Bruce Glover

Duffy

Joe Mantell

Walsh