Film

Chinatown

1974 · 2h 10m · Crime · Mystery · Thriller

You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.

IMDb

8.1

Rotten Tomatoes

98%

Metacritic

92

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

J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

Faye Dunaway

Evelyn Cross Mulwray

John Huston

Noah Cross

Perry Lopez

Lieutenant Lou Escobar

Burt Young

Curly

John Hillerman

Russ Yelburton

Darrell Zwerling

Hollis I. Mulwray

Roman Polanski

Man with Knife

Diane Ladd

Ida Sessions

Richard Bakalyan

Detective Loach

Joe Mantell

Lawrence Walsh

Roy Jenson

Claude Mulvihill

James Hong

Evelyn's Butler

Bruce Glover

Duffy

Nandu Hinds

Sophie

James O'Rear

Lawyer

• Roman PolanskiDirector
• Robert TowneWriter
• Robert EvansProducer
• John A. AlonzoDirector of Photography
• Jerry GoldsmithOriginal Music Composer
• Sam O'SteenEditor
• Jane FeinbergCasting
• Mike FentonCasting

Chinatown (1974) Original Trailer [FHD]Trailer

Release date

June 20, 1974

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

R

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$30,000,000

Genres

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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