Chinatown
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Chinatown

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

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Release date

June 20, 1974

Creator / Director / Author

Roman Polanski

Runtime

130 min

Rating

7.9 / 10

Cast

Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, John Hillerman, Darrell Zwerling, Roman Polanski

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.

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