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Chinatown

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

1974 · R · 2h 10m

Directed by Roman Polanski

7.9

TMDB audience score
4,471 votes, out of 10

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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.

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Cast

  • Jack Nicholson
    J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

  • Faye Dunaway
    Evelyn Cross Mulwray

  • John Huston
    Noah Cross

  • Perry Lopez
    Lieutenant Lou Escobar

  • Burt Young
    Curly

  • John Hillerman
    Russ Yelburton

  • Darrell Zwerling
    Hollis I. Mulwray

  • Roman Polanski
    Man with Knife

  • Diane Ladd
    Ida Sessions

  • Richard Bakalyan
    Detective Loach

  • Joe Mantell
    Lawrence Walsh

  • Roy Jenson
    Claude Mulvihill

  • James Hong
    Evelyn's Butler

  • Bruce Glover
    Duffy

  • Nandu Hinds
    Sophie

  • James O'Rear
    Lawyer

  • Beulah Quo
    Maid

  • Jerry Fujikawa
    Gardener