Chinatown

June. 20,1974      R
Rating:
8.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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

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