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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."Movie
Audience Score
79
Chinatown
R 2 hr 10 minJun 20th, 1974Thriller, Crime, Mystery, DramaThe Jake Gittes Collection PosterPart of The Jake Gittes Collection
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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.
StarringJack NicholsonFaye DunawayJohn Huston
DirectorRoman Polanski

The Jake Gittes Collection

The cases of private eye J.J. 'Jake' Gittes.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:June 20th, 1974
On DVD & Blu-ray:November 23rd, 1999 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$6,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$30,000,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Paramount, Long Road Productions, Penthouse, Robert Evans Company
Movie Tags:whodunit, neo-noir, river, sea, conspiracy, rape