Chinatown (1974)
You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
130 min
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.
- Release date
- June 20, 1974
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Box office
- $30,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- Jack Nicholson as J.J. Gittes
- Faye Dunaway as Evelyn Mulwray
- John Huston as Noah Cross
- Perry Lopez as Escobar
- John Hillerman as Yelburton
- Darrell Zwerling as Hollis Mulwray
- Diane Ladd as Ida Sessions
- Roy Jenson as Mulvihill
- Roman Polanski as Man with Knife
- Richard Bakalyan as Loach
Crew
- Roman Polanski · Director
- Robert Towne · Writer
- Robert Evans · Producer
- Jerry Goldsmith · Composer
- John A. Alonzo · Cinematographer
- Sam O'Steen · Editor
- Jane Feinberg · Casting director
- Mike Fenton · Casting director
- Richard Sylbert · Production designer