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Chinatown (1974)

2h 10m · 20 Jun 1974

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

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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.

Movie ID7429
GenreCrime, Mystery, Thriller
DirectorRoman Polanski
Main castJack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, John Hillerman, Darrell Zwerling, Roman Polanski
Release date20 June 1974
Release year1974
LanguageSpanish
Duration130 min (2h 10m)
Rating7.9 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseParamount Pictures

Director: Roman Polanski
Writers: Robert Towne, Roman Polanski

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Jack NicholsonJ.J. 'Jake' Gittes Faye DunawayEvelyn Cross Mulwray John HustonNoah Cross Perry LopezLieutenant Lou Escobar Burt YoungCurly John HillermanRuss Yelburton Darrell ZwerlingHollis I. Mulwray Roman PolanskiMan with Knife Diane LaddIda Sessions Richard BakalyanDetective Loach Joe MantellLawrence Walsh Roy JensonClaude Mulvihill James HongEvelyn's Butler Bruce GloverDuffy
Nandu HindsSophie
James O'RearLawyer Beulah QuoMaid
Jerry FujikawaGardener
Belinda PalmerKatherine
Roy RobertsMayor Bagby

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