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#12 Box Office Hit of 1974

Chinatown (1974)

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

Overview

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

    Jack Nicholson

  • Faye Dunaway

    Evelyn Cross Mulwray

    Faye Dunaway

  • John Huston

    Noah Cross

    John Huston

  • Perry Lopez

    Lieutenant Lou Escobar

    Perry Lopez

  • Burt Young

    Curly

    Burt Young

  • John Hillerman

    Russ Yelburton

    John Hillerman

  • Darrell Zwerling

    Hollis I. Mulwray

    Darrell Zwerling

  • Roman Polanski

    Man with Knife

    Roman Polanski

  • Diane Ladd

    Ida Sessions

    Diane Ladd

  • Richard Bakalyan

    Detective Loach

    Richard Bakalyan

  • Joe Mantell

    Lawrence Walsh

    Joe Mantell

  • Roy Jenson

    Claude Mulvihill

    Roy Jenson

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