Chinatown

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

• Rated 7.9 out of 10
• Movie
• 1974
• 2h 10m
• Crime
• Mystery
• Thriller

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.

Director

Roman Polanski

Starring

Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez