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
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
John Hillerman
as Russ Yelburton
Diane Ladd
as Ida Sessions
Roman Polanski
as Man with Knife
Roy Jenson
as Claude Mulvihill
Richard Bakalyan
as Detective Loach
James Hong
as Evelyn's Butler
Bruce Glover
as Duffy
Joe Mantell
as Lawrence Walsh
Roy Roberts
as Mayor Bagby
Noble Willingham
as Councilman
Rance Howard
as Irate Farmer
Jesse Vint
as Farmer in the Valley
Burt Young
as Curly
Lee de Broux
as Policeman
Darrell Zwerling
as Hollis I. Mulwray
James O'Rear
as Lawyer
Beulah Quo
as Maid
Jerry Fujikawa
as Gardener
C.O. Erickson
as Customer
Charles Knapp
as Mortician
Allan Warnick
as Clerk
John Holland
as Farmer in the Valley
Paul Jenkins
as Policeman
Fritzi Burr
as Mulwray's Secreatry
Cosmo Sardo
as Barber (uncredited)
