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Crime / Mystery / Thriller

Chinatown

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

19742h 10mR 7.9/ 10

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 NicholsonJ.J. 'Jake' Gittes
  • Faye DunawayEvelyn Cross Mulwray
  • John HustonNoah Cross
  • Perry LopezLieutenant Lou Escobar
  • Burt YoungCurly
  • John HillermanRuss Yelburton
  • Darrell ZwerlingHollis I. Mulwray
  • Roman PolanskiMan with Knife
  • Diane LaddIda Sessions
  • Richard BakalyanDetective Loach
  • Joe MantellLawrence Walsh
  • Roy JensonClaude Mulvihill
  • James HongEvelyn's Butler
  • Bruce GloverDuffy
  • N
    Nandu HindsSophie
  • James O'RearLawyer

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