Chinatown
Chinatown
Release: 1974-06-20
·Runtime: 130m
·★ 7.9
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Long Road Productions
Robert Evans Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Faye Dunaway
as Evelyn Cross Mulwray
Roy Jenson
as Claude Mulvihill
Bruce Glover
as Duffy
Beulah Quo
as Maid
John Hillerman
as Russ Yelburton
Diane Ladd
as Ida Sessions
Roy Roberts
as Mayor Bagby
James O'Rear
as Lawyer
Jerry Fujikawa
as Gardener
Charles Knapp
as Mortician
Paul Jenkins
as Policeman
Noble Willingham
as Councilman
Jesse Vint
as Farmer in the Valley
Burt Young
as Curly
Darrell Zwerling
as Hollis I. Mulwray
John Holland
as Farmer in the Valley
Fritzi Burr
as Mulwray's Secreatry
Roman Polanski
as Man with Knife
C.O. Erickson
as Customer
John Huston
as Noah Cross
Rance Howard
as Irate Farmer
Allan Warnick
as Clerk
Perry Lopez
as Lieutenant Lou Escobar
James Hong
as Evelyn's Butler
Jack Nicholson
as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
Joe Mantell
as Lawrence Walsh
Cosmo Sardo
as Barber (uncredited)
Richard Bakalyan
as Detective Loach
Lee de Broux
as Policeman
