Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Roman Polanski
- Writer
- Robert Towne
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $6,000,000
Cast
Diane Ladd
Faye Dunaway
Jack Nicholson
James Hong
John Hillerman
John Huston
Perry Lopez
Richard Bakalyan
Roman Polanski
Roy Jenson
Keywords
barrage
chinatown
conspiracy
dying and death
femme fatale
los angeles
california
mistake in person
neo-noir
pedophilia
private detective
rape
river
sea
whodunit
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