Chinatown
You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
19742h 10m
- Crime
- Mystery
- Thriller
TMDB rating 7.9TMDB4,448 votes
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.
- Directed by
- Roman Polanski
- Written by
- Robert Towne, Roman Polanski
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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
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Facts
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $6M
- Revenue
- $30M
- Production companies
- Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions, Robert Evans Productions
