Chinatown

Theatrical - Wide 1974-06-21

Cast Jack Nicholson Faye Dunaway John Huston Perry Lopez Burt Young
Directed by Roman Polanski

Box Office Gross: $30,000,000

Running Time: 130 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions, Robert Evans Productions

Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller

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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,... See more uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

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