Chinatown (1974)
"You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth."

Title: Chinatown
Original Title: Chinatown
Release Date: 1974-06-20
Status: Released
Rating: 7.91/10 (from 3895 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions, Robert Evans Company
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

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