Chinatown

Name: Chinatown
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1974-06-20
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 7.908

★ 7,9 /10 (4,259 Votes)

1974 EN 130 min

Overview

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.

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Release date

20/06/1974

Votes

4,259

Popularity

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

Genres

Crime Mystery Thriller

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

130 min

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$30,000,000

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Jack Nicholson

J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

Faye Dunaway

Evelyn Cross Mulwray

John Huston

Noah Cross

Perry Lopez

Lieutenant Lou Escobar

Burt Young

Curly

John Hillerman

Russ Yelburton

Darrell Zwerling

Hollis I. Mulwray

Roman Polanski

Man with Knife

Diane Ladd

Ida Sessions

Richard Bakalyan

Detective Loach

Joe Mantell

Lawrence Walsh

Roy Jenson

Claude Mulvihill

James Hong

Evelyn's Butler

Bruce Glover

Duffy

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Nandu Hinds

Sophie

James O'Rear

Lawyer

Beulah Quo

Maid

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Jerry Fujikawa

Gardener

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Belinda Palmer

Katherine

Roy Roberts

Mayor Bagby

Noble Willingham

Councilman

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Elliott Montgomery

Councilman

Rance Howard

Irate Farmer

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George Justin

Barber

C.O. Erickson

Customer

Fritzi Burr

Mulwray's Secreatry

Charles Knapp

Mortician

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Claudio Martínez

Boy on Horseback

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Freddie Roberto

Cross' Butler

Allan Warnick

Clerk

John Holland

Farmer in the Valley

Jesse Vint

Farmer in the Valley

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Jim Burk

Farmer in the Valley

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Denny Arnold

Farmer in the Valley

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Elizabeth Harding

Curly's Wife

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John Rogers

Mr. Palmer

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Cecil Elliott

Emma Dill

Paul Jenkins

Policeman

Lee de Broux

Policeman

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Bob Golden

Policeman

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Don Ames

Townsman (uncredited)

Jack Berle

Townsman (uncredited)

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Duke Fishman

Sign Painter on Door (uncredited)

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Charles Fogel

Retirement Home Resident (uncredited)

Bob Harks

Policeman (uncredited)

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Robert Hitchcock

Councilman (uncredited)

Michael Jeffers

Townsman (uncredited)

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John Marlin

Waiter (uncredited)

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Alan Marston

Assistant (uncredited)

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Rose Michtom

Retirement Home Resident (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady

Councilman (uncredited)

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Joe Pine

Townsman (uncredited)

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Murray Pollack

Councilman (uncredited)

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Anthony Redondo

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo

Barber (uncredited)

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Jack Slate

Townsman (uncredited)

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Owen Song

Pedestrian (uncredited)

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Norman Stevans

Maitre D' (uncredited)

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Paul Van

Assistant (uncredited)

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Richard Warren

Driver (uncredited)

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Wally West

Townsman (uncredited)

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Chalky Williams

Bailiff (uncredited)

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Kai J. Wong

Pedestrian (uncredited)

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Sally Yarnell

Committee Reporter (uncredited)

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He nose you know! Chinatown is directed by Roman Polanski and written by Robert Towne. It stars Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez and John Hillerman. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by John A. Alonzo. Private investigator J.J. Gittes (Nicholson) is working on an adultery case but quickly finds himself embroiled in murder and corruption. The gathering of Polanski, Towne, Nicholson and Robert Evans (producer) put their respective skills together to craft one of the most lauded neo-noir films of all time. It's a searing picture awash with the staples o…

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**Great.** I can't say much about Roman Polanski because I feel I've seen too little of his work to make a more global analysis: I have only seen _The Ninth Gate_, _The Pianist_ and, now, this film. It's not much… but the truth is that they are three films that I really liked, and about which I have a very good opinion. This film is very good, fitting into a style that we can call “neo-noir”, insofar as its visual aesthetic is heavily inspired by noir, with the caveats that are due, as it is a color film and not black and white. Polanski is an attentive and meticulous director, who provides…

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I think this might be my favourite role from Faye Dunaway. She is "Evelyn", a woman who suspects that her husband "Hollis" (Darrell Zwerling) is playing away from home. She engages the services of the cynical PI "Gittes" (Jack Nicholson) and pretty soon people are dead and he is embroiled in an internecine story of adultery, corruption and manipulation that proves pretty perilous for a detective who is working with one women he suspects is being a bit frugal with the truth and another whose identity he is desperately struggling to discover. Nicholson is also on super form, his performance is n…

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