Overview - Chinatown

Date of release

Genres

  • Crime
  • Mystery
  • Thriller

Runtime: 130 minutes

Homepage: Chinatown

Budget

$6,000,000.00

Revenue

$30,000,000.00

Spoken Languages

  • Español
  • 广州话 / 廣州話
  • English

Production companies

  • Name: Paramount Pictures

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: Long Road Productions

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: Robert Evans Productions

    Production country United States of America

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.

Cast

  • Name: Jack Nicholson

    Character: J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

    Popularity: 2.4658

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  • Name: Faye Dunaway

    Character: Evelyn Cross Mulwray

    Popularity: 4.2373

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  • Name: John Huston

    Character: Noah Cross

    Popularity: 1.406

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  • Name: Perry Lopez

    Character: Lieutenant Lou Escobar

    Popularity: 0.7328

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  • Name: Burt Young

    Character: Curly

    Popularity: 1.3838

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  • Name: John Hillerman

    Character: Russ Yelburton

    Popularity: 1.7508

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  • Name: Darrell Zwerling

    Character: Hollis I. Mulwray

    Popularity: 0.4859

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  • Name: Roman Polanski

    Character: Man with Knife

    Popularity: 1.7601

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