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.
- genus: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Studio: Paramount, Long Road Productions, Penthouse, Robert Evans Company
- keyword: dying and death, sea, pedophilia, rape, mistake in person, river, chinatown, barrage, conspiracy, whodunit, los angeles, california, private detective, neo-noir
- cast: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Diane Ladd
