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