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Chinatown

Chinatown

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 20, 1974

Runtime

2h 10m

Genres

Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

User Score

79%

Original Title

Chinatown

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions, Robert Evans Company

Director

Roman Polanski

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$30,000,000

Description

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.