Chinatown poster
Director Roman Polanski
Screenplay Robert Towne

Chinatown

Tagline: You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.

Release Date: 1974-06-20

Duration: 130 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Jack Nicholson
    J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
  • James Hong
    Evelyn's Butler
  • Roman Polanski
    Man with Knife
  • Faye Dunaway
    Evelyn Cross Mulwray
  • Diane Ladd
    Ida Sessions
  • Bruce Glover
    Duffy
  • John Holland
    Farmer in the Valley
  • John Huston
    Noah Cross
  • Jim Burk
    Farmer in the Valley
  • Roy Roberts
    Mayor Bagby