Movie
Chinatown (1974)
You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
Crime · Mystery · Thriller
Story
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.
Director: Roman Polanski Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez
Chinatown Cast
- Jack Nicholson as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
- Faye Dunaway as Evelyn Cross Mulwray
- John Huston as Noah Cross
- Perry Lopez as Lieutenant Lou Escobar
- Burt Young as Curly
- John Hillerman as Russ Yelburton
- Darrell Zwerling as Hollis I. Mulwray
- Roman Polanski as Man with Knife
- Diane Ladd as Ida Sessions
- Richard Bakalyan as Detective Loach
- Joe Mantell as Lawrence Walsh
- Roy Jenson as Claude Mulvihill