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Chinatown

You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
Jun 20, 1974 · 2h 10m
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Crime
Mystery
Thriller

PLOT

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.

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CAST

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
Directed by Roman Polanski

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$6,000,000
Revenue
$30,000,000
Production
Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions, Robert Evans Productions
Country
US

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