Chinatown
You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
June 20, 1974
130 min
R
✓ Released 18918 days ago
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
7.9
User Score
4,210 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Roman Polanski
Runtime: 130 min
Budget: $6,000,000
Revenue: $30,000,000
Top Cast
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