Chinatown

1974 130 min Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

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.

IMDb 8.1 RT 98 Metacritic 92

budget $6,000,000 earnings $30,000,000 return 5.0x

director Roman Polanski

writer Robert Towne

cast