Crime Mystery Thriller

Chinatown (1974)

Name: Chinatown
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1974-06-20
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, Burt Young

"You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth."

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2h 10m English Released

Director: Roman Polanski

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.