Chinatown (1974)
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.
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Cast
- 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
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