Chinatown

Plot

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 ... read more

  • Roman Polanski

    Director

  • Robert Towne

    Screenplay

  • John A. Alonzo

    Director of Photography

  • Sam O'Steen

    Editor

  • Jack Nicholson

    J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

  • Faye Dunaway

    Evelyn Cross Mulwray

  • John Huston

    Noah Cross

  • Perry Lopez

    Lieutenant Lou Escobar

  • John Hillerman

    Russ Yelburton

  • Diane Ladd

    Ida Sessions

  • Roman Polanski

    Man with Knife

  • Roy Jenson

    Claude Mulvihill

  • Richard Bakalyan

    Detective Loach

  • James Hong

    Evelyn's Butler

  • Bruce Glover

    Duffy

  • Joe Mantell

    Lawrence Walsh

  • Roy Roberts

    Mayor Bagby

  • Noble Willingham

    Councilman

  • Rance Howard

    Irate Farmer

  • Jesse Vint

    Farmer in the Valley

  • Burt Young

    Curly

  • Lee de Broux

    Policeman

  • Darrell Zwerling

    Hollis I. Mulwray

  • Nandu Hinds

    Sophie

  • James O'Rear

    Lawyer

  • Beulah Quo

    Maid

  • Jerry Fujikawa

    Gardener

  • Belinda Palmer

    Katherine

  • Elliott Montgomery

    Councilman

  • George Justin

    Barber

  • C.O. Erickson

    Customer

  • Charles Knapp

    Mortician

  • Claudio Martínez

    Boy on Horseback

  • Federico Roberto

    Cross' Butler

  • Allan Warnick

    Clerk

  • John Holland

    Farmer in the Valley

  • Jim Burk

    Farmer in the Valley

  • Denny Arnold

    Farmer in the Valley

  • Elizabeth Harding

    Curly's Wife

  • John Rogers

    Mr. Palmer

  • Cecil Elliott

    Emma Dill

  • Paul Jenkins

    Policeman

  • Bob Golden

    Policeman

  • Richard Warren

    Driver (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    130 minutes

    Released

    1974-06-20

    Languages

    Español

    广州话 / 廣州話

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Paramount Pictures

    Long Road Productions

    Robert Evans Company

    Sound

  • Jerry Goldsmith

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    71 days ago

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