Chinatown

• 7.916 Crime
• 1974-06-20
• 130 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Jack Nicholson (J.J. 'Jake' Gittes) Faye Dunaway (Evelyn Cross Mulwray) John Huston (Noah Cross) Perry Lopez (Lieutenant Lou Escobar) John Hillerman (Russ Yelburton) Diane Ladd (Ida Sessions) Roman Polanski (Man with Knife) Roy Jenson (Claude Mulvihill) Richard Bakalyan (Detective Loach) James Hong (Evelyn's Butler)

Director:

Roman Polanski

Writer:

Robert Towne