Crime · Mystery · Thriller
Chinatown
Avg rating 8.8 / My rating TBC
1974 · Directed by Roman Polanski · With Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston
- New Hollywood
Film info
- Runtime
- 2h 10m · 130 min
- IMDb
- 8.1 / 10 (374,788 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 98% (critics)
- Metacritic
- 92 / 100
- TMDB
- 7.9 / 10 (audience, 4,421 votes)
- Trailer
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Full cast and crew
- Roman PolanskiDirector · Actoras Man with Knife
- Jack NicholsonActoras J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
- Faye DunawayActoras Evelyn Cross Mulwray
- John HustonActoras Noah Cross
- Perry LopezActoras Lieutenant Lou Escobar
- Burt YoungActoras Curly
- John HillermanActoras Russ Yelburton
- Darrell ZwerlingActoras Hollis I. Mulwray
- Jerry GoldsmithComposer
About this film
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.
Synopsis from TMDB.
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