Chinatown
1974 · 7.9 TMDB · Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Synopsis
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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The 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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