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Film / 1974
Chinatown
Directed by
Roman Polanski
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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Cast
Jack NicholsonJ.J. 'Jake' Gittes
Faye DunawayEvelyn Cross Mulwray
John HustonNoah Cross
Perry LopezLieutenant Lou Escobar
Burt YoungCurly
John HillermanRuss Yelburton
Darrell ZwerlingHollis I. Mulwray
Roman PolanskiMan with Knife
Diane LaddIda Sessions
Richard BakalyanDetective Loach
Joe MantellLawrence Walsh
Roy JensonClaude Mulvihill
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James HongEvelyn's Butler
Bruce GloverDuffy
Nandu HindsSophie
James O'RearLawyer
Beulah QuoMaid
Jerry FujikawaGardener
Belinda PalmerKatherine
Roy RobertsMayor Bagby
Noble WillinghamCouncilman
Elliott MontgomeryCouncilman
Rance HowardIrate Farmer
George JustinBarber
C.O. EricksonCustomer
Fritzi BurrMulwray's Secreatry
Charles KnappMortician
Claudio MartínezBoy on Horseback
Freddie RobertoCross' Butler
Allan WarnickClerk
John HollandFarmer in the Valley
Jesse VintFarmer in the Valley
Jim BurkFarmer in the Valley
Denny ArnoldFarmer in the Valley
Elizabeth HardingCurly's Wife
John RogersMr. Palmer
Cecil ElliottEmma Dill
Paul JenkinsPoliceman
Lee de BrouxPoliceman
Bob GoldenPoliceman
Don AmesTownsman (uncredited)
Jack BerleTownsman (uncredited)
Duke FishmanSign Painter on Door (uncredited)
Charles FogelRetirement Home Resident (uncredited)
Bob HarksPoliceman (uncredited)
Robert HitchcockCouncilman (uncredited)
Michael JeffersTownsman (uncredited)
John MarlinWaiter (uncredited)
Alan MarstonAssistant (uncredited)
Rose MichtomRetirement Home Resident (uncredited)
Monty O'GradyCouncilman (uncredited)
Joe PineTownsman (uncredited)
Murray PollackCouncilman (uncredited)
Anthony RedondoRestaurant Patron (uncredited)
Cosmo SardoBarber (uncredited)
Jack SlateTownsman (uncredited)
Owen SongPedestrian (uncredited)
Norman StevansMaitre D' (uncredited)
Paul VanAssistant (uncredited)
Richard WarrenDriver (uncredited)
Wally WestTownsman (uncredited)
Chalky WilliamsBailiff (uncredited)
Kai J. WongPedestrian (uncredited)
Sally YarnellCommittee Reporter (uncredited)
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