Chinatown

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.

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Cast

• Jack NicholsonJ.J. 'Jake' Gittes
• Faye DunawayEvelyn Cross Mulwray
• John HustonNoah Cross
• Perry LopezLieutenant Lou Escobar
• John HillermanRuss Yelburton
• Diane LaddIda Sessions
• Roman PolanskiMan with Knife
• Roy JensonClaude Mulvihill
• Richard BakalyanDetective Loach
• James HongEvelyn's Butler