Chinatown

1974 · 130 min · ★ 7.9 / 10 · 4427 votes

Crime · Mystery · Thrillers

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.

Cast

Jack Nicholson · Faye Dunaway · John Huston · Perry Lopez · Burt Young · John Hillerman · Darrell Zwerling · Roman Polanski · Diane Ladd · Richard Bakalyan

Director

Roman Polanski