Chinatown (1974)
You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
- Released
- Runtime 2h 10m
- Director Roman Polanski
- Genres Crime Mystery Thriller
- Rating 7.9/10 (4,397 votes)
Synopsis
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
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Jack Nicholson
as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
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Faye Dunaway
as Evelyn Cross Mulwray
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John Huston
as Noah Cross
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Perry Lopez
as Lieutenant Lou Escobar
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Burt Young
as Curly
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John Hillerman
as Russ Yelburton
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Darrell Zwerling
as Hollis I. Mulwray
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Roman Polanski
as Man with Knife
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Diane Ladd
as Ida Sessions
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Richard Bakalyan
as Detective Loach
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Joe Mantell
as Lawrence Walsh
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Roy Jenson
as Claude Mulvihill
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James Hong
as Evelyn's Butler
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Bruce Glover
as Duffy
- Nandu Hinds as Sophie
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James O'Rear
as Lawyer
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Beulah Quo
as Maid
- Jerry Fujikawa as Gardener
Crew
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Roman Polanski
Director
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John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
- Sam O'Steen Editor
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Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
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Robert Evans
Producer
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Robert Towne
Writer
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Roman Polanski
Writer
