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Chinatown (1974)

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

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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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Cast

  • Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
  • Faye Dunaway Faye Dunaway Evelyn Cross Mulwray
  • John Huston John Huston Noah Cross
  • Perry Lopez Perry Lopez Lieutenant Lou Escobar
  • Burt Young Burt Young Curly
  • John Hillerman John Hillerman Russ Yelburton
  • Darrell Zwerling Darrell Zwerling Hollis I. Mulwray
  • Roman Polanski Roman Polanski Man with Knife
  • Diane Ladd Diane Ladd Ida Sessions
  • Richard Bakalyan Richard Bakalyan Detective Loach
  • Joe Mantell Joe Mantell Lawrence Walsh
  • Roy Jenson Roy Jenson Claude Mulvihill
  • James Hong James Hong Evelyn's Butler
  • Bruce Glover Bruce Glover Duffy
  • Nandu Hinds Sophie
  • James O'Rear James O'Rear Lawyer
  • Beulah Quo Beulah Quo Maid
  • Jerry Fujikawa Gardener

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