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Chinatown(1974)
Status: Released
Date: 1974-06-20
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3966 Votes
Time: 2h 10m
You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
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.
Languages: Spanish, Cantonese, English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $6,000,000.00
Revenue: $30,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Long Road Productions
Robert Evans Company
Movie: Chinatown
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jack Nicholson
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
Faye Dunaway
Evelyn Cross Mulwray
John Huston
Noah Cross
Perry Lopez
Lieutenant Lou Escobar
John Hillerman
Russ Yelburton
Diane Ladd
Ida Sessions
Roman Polanski
Man with Knife
Roy Jenson
Claude Mulvihill
Richard Bakalyan
Detective Loach
James Hong
Evelyn's Butler
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