Chinatown
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1974
2h 10m
R
English
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Chinatown
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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Cast
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
Evelyn Cross Mulwray
Noah Cross
Lieutenant Lou Escobar
Russ Yelburton
Ida Sessions
Man with Knife
Claude Mulvihill
Detective Loach
Evelyn's Butler
Duffy
Lawrence Walsh
Mayor Bagby
Councilman
Irate Farmer
Farmer in the Valley
Curly
Policeman
Hollis I. Mulwray
Sophie
Lawyer
Maid
Gardener
Katherine
Councilman
Directed By: Roman Polanski
Written By: Robert Towne (Screenplay)
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AdamMorgan
/10 6 years ago
Like many of the good movies that I've seen recently, "Chinatown" seemed to have me a tad perplexed upon completion. I know that I had seen something quite unique but I wasn't sure exactly how to place it. More on that in a minute.
In case you've never heard of this movie, Ch More
In case you've never heard of this movie, Ch More
John Chard
6 years ago
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 o More
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 o More
CinemaSerf
2 years ago
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 inte More
Filipe Manuel Dias Neto
2 years ago
**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 More
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 More
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