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Chinatown

Release Date:June 20, 1974

Running Time:130 min

Genres:Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery

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Cast

Jack Nicholson Faye Dunaway John Huston Perry Lopez John Hillerman Diane Ladd Roman Polanski Roy Jenson Richard Bakalyan James Hong Bruce Glover Joe Mantell

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

Synopsis

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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