Chinatown
“You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.”
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.
Genres
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Chinatown performed
Budget
$6.0M
Worldwide Gross
$30.0M
Gross Profit
$24.0M
Return
5.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$5M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Crime) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
Jack Nicholson
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
Evelyn Cross Mulwray
Faye Dunaway
Evelyn Cross Mulwray
Noah Cross
John Huston
Noah Cross
Lieutenant Lou Escobar
Perry Lopez
Lieutenant Lou Escobar
Curly
Burt Young
Curly
Russ Yelburton
John Hillerman
Russ Yelburton
Hollis I. Mulwray
Darrell Zwerling
Hollis I. Mulwray
Man with Knife
Roman Polanski
Man with Knife
Ida Sessions
Diane Ladd
Ida Sessions
Detective Loach
Richard Bakalyan
Detective Loach
Lawrence Walsh
Joe Mantell
Lawrence Walsh
Claude Mulvihill
Roy Jenson
Claude Mulvihill
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