Chinatown
Crime | Drama
Release Date
June 20, 1974
Duration
130 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
Jack Nicholson
Evelyn Cross Mulwray
Faye Dunaway
Noah Cross
John Huston
Lieutenant Lou Escobar
Perry Lopez
Russ Yelburton
John Hillerman
Ida Sessions
Diane Ladd
Man with Knife
Roman Polanski
Claude Mulvihill
Roy Jenson
Detective Loach
Richard Bakalyan
Evelyn's Butler
James Hong
Duffy
Bruce Glover
Lawrence Walsh
Joe Mantell
Mayor Bagby
Roy Roberts
Councilman
Noble Willingham
Irate Farmer
Rance Howard
Farmer in the Valley
Jesse Vint
Curly
Burt Young
Policeman
Lee de Broux
Hollis I. Mulwray
Darrell Zwerling
Sophie
Nandu Hinds
Lawyer
James O'Rear
Maid
Beulah Quo
Gardener
Jerry Fujikawa
Katherine
Belinda Palmer
Councilman
Elliott Montgomery
Barber
George Justin
Customer
C.O. Erickson
Mortician
Charles Knapp
Boy on Horseback
Claudio Martínez
Cross' Butler
Federico Roberto
Clerk
Allan Warnick
Farmer in the Valley
John Holland
Farmer in the Valley
Jim Burk
Farmer in the Valley
Denny Arnold
Curly's Wife
Elizabeth Harding
Mr. Palmer
John Rogers
Emma Dill
Cecil Elliott
Policeman
Paul Jenkins
Policeman
Bob Golden
Driver (uncredited)
Richard Warren
Mulwray's Secreatry
Fritzi Burr
Barber (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Retirement Home Resident (uncredited)
Charles Fogel
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