Chinatown

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off 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…

★ 7.9/10 · 4,439 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

• Jack NicholsonJ.J. 'Jake' Gittes
• Faye DunawayEvelyn Cross Mulwray
• John HustonNoah Cross
• Perry LopezLieutenant Lou Escobar
• Burt YoungCurly
• John HillermanRuss Yelburton
• Darrell ZwerlingHollis I. Mulwray
• Roman PolanskiMan with Knife

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Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers

John Chard: He nose you know! Chinatown is directed by Roman Polanski and written by Robert Towne. It stars Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston,… Read full review

Filipe Manuel Neto: 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… Read full review

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