Chinatown

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

Chinatown (1974)

Timing: 2:10 (130 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1974-06-20

Country

United States

Production

Paramount, Robert Evans Company, Long Road Productions, Penthouse

Genre

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Budget

$6 000 000

Revenue

$30 000 000

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Director

Roman Polanski

Actors

Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Diane Ladd, Roman Polanski, Roy Jenson, Richard Bakalyan, James Hong
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Scenario

Robert Towne, Roman Polanski

Producer

C.O. Erickson, Robert Evans

Operator

John A. Alonzo

Composer

Jerry Goldsmith

Artist

Audition

Jane Feinberg, Mike Fenton

Editing

Sam O'Steen
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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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