Chinatown

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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  Jack Nicholson

  J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
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  Faye Dunaway

  Evelyn Cross Mulwray
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  John Huston

  Noah Cross
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  Perry Lopez

  Lieutenant Lou Escobar
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  Burt Young

  Curly
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  John Hillerman

  Russ Yelburton
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  Darrell Zwerling

  Hollis I. Mulwray
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  Roman Polanski

  Man with Knife
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  Diane Ladd

  Ida Sessions
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  Richard Bakalyan

  Detective Loach