Chinatown
(1974)

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

Released: 1974-06-20

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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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Jack Nicholson

as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

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Faye Dunaway

as Evelyn Cross Mulwray

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John Huston

as Noah Cross

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Perry Lopez

as Lieutenant Lou Escobar

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John Hillerman

as Russ Yelburton

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Diane Ladd

as Ida Sessions

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Roman Polanski

as Man with Knife

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Roy Jenson

as Claude Mulvihill

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Richard Bakalyan

as Detective Loach

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James Hong

as Evelyn's Butler

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Joe Mantell

as Lawrence Walsh

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Roy Roberts

as Mayor Bagby

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Rance Howard

as Irate Farmer

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Jesse Vint

as Farmer in the Valley

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Darrell Zwerling

as Hollis I. Mulwray

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Jerry Goldsmith

Original Music Composer

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John A. Alonzo

Director of Photography

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Richard Sylbert

Production Design

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Ruby R. Levitt

Set Decoration

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Anthea Sylbert

Costume Design

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Hal Needham

Stunt Coordinator

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Larry Jost

Sound Mixer

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