Directed by:
Roman PolańskiComposer:
Jerry GoldsmithCast:
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, John Huston, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, Bruce Glover, Joe Mantell, Roy Jenson, Diane Ladd, Darrell Zwerling (more)VOD (2)
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Roman Polanski’s Oscar winning Chinatown has evolved from a classic mystery to a landmark film. Screen legend Jack Nicholson breathes life into sharp-tongued private eye Jake Gittes. Gittes is hired by a stunning socialite (Faye Dunaway) to investigate her husband, who she suspects of cheating. But what Gittes thinks is a routine case of adultery quickly deteriorates into a tangle of deceit, corruption and treachery. Even the City of Angels has a dark side, as this private eye is about to find out. He unravels one scandal after next, but the biggest mystery is what, and who, lies at the heart of it all. Robert Towne’s Academy Award®-winning script captures a lost era of crime-drama in this timeless gem of a film. (Paramount Pictures AU)
(more)Cast
Jack Nicholson
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Shining (1980)
The Departed (2006)
Faye Dunaway
USA
Best movies:
Little Big Man (1970)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
John Hillerman
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
Paper Moon (1973)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
John Huston
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Chinatown (1974)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Perry Lopez
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
Burt Young
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Rocky (1976)
Chinatown (1974)
Bruce Glover
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
Ghost World (2001)
Bless the Beasts & Children (1971)
Joe Mantell
USA
Roy Jenson
Canada
Best movies:
Cry for Me, Billy (1972)
Chinatown (1974)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Diane Ladd
USA
Best movies:
The World's Fastest Indian (2005)
Chinatown (1974)
Christmas Vacation (1989)
Darrell Zwerling
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
...And Justice for All (1979)
Grease (1978)
James Hong
USA
Best movies:
Mulan (1998)
Chinatown (1974)
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) (series)
Roman Polański
France
Richard Bakalyan
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
Pressure Point (1962)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Noble Willingham
USA
Best movies:
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Of Mice and Men (1992)
Chinatown (1974)
Jesse Vint
USA
Best movies:
Little Big Man (1970)
Chinatown (1974)
WUSA (1970)
Rance Howard
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Roy Roberts
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Lee de Broux
USA
Best movies:
The Sacketts (1979) (TV movie)
Chinatown (1974)
Roots (1977) (series)
Belinda Palmer
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
The Winds of Autumn (1976)