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Chinatown

1974 · Roman Polanski

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In 1937 Los Angeles, private detective J. J. Gittes is hired to investigate the chief engineer of the city's water department for adultery. When the engineer turns up dead, Gittes uncovers a conspiracy over the city's water supply and a dark family secret belonging to the engineer's widow, Evelyn Mulwray.

Director
Roman Polanski
Studio
Long Road Productions, Robert Evans Company
Starring
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman