Chinatown
1974 · TMDB 7.9
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.
Why it matters
Roman Polanski's neo-noir masterpiece, with Jack Nicholson as private eye Jake Gittes, who uncovers a web of corruption and incest beneath Los Angeles's water wars.
From The Mind's Eye: Crime Films of Obsession and Interiority
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Released
- 1974-06-20
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- Spanish
- TMDB score
- 7.9
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