Chinatown
You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
1974-06-20 | 130 minutes
Plot Summary
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 NicholsonJ.J. 'Jake' Gittes
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Faye DunawayEvelyn Cross Mulwray
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John HustonNoah Cross
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Perry LopezLieutenant Lou Escobar
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John HillermanRuss Yelburton
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Diane LaddIda Sessions
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Roman PolanskiMan with Knife
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Roy JensonClaude Mulvihill
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Richard BakalyanDetective Loach
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James HongEvelyn's Butler
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Bruce GloverDuffy
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Joe MantellLawrence Walsh
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Roy RobertsMayor Bagby
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Noble WillinghamCouncilman
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Rance HowardIrate Farmer
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Jesse VintFarmer in the Valley
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Burt YoungCurly
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Lee de BrouxPoliceman
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Darrell ZwerlingHollis I. Mulwray
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