Chinatown

N/A

1974

CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

2 hours 10 minutes

Summary

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.

~ You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
Robert Towne

Screenplay