Chinatown

Chinatown stars Jack Nicholson as PI Jake Gittes on what looks like an ordinary infinitely case, but after Mrs. Mulwray hires him to find her missing husband he begins to realize things are not what they seem. Audiences anxiously followed Gittes as he quickly falls into a web of seduction, murder, and deceit at every turn. Chinatown not only won an Oscar for best screenplay but it launched Jack Nicholson into stardom that has not faded since.

Production

Directed by Roman Polanski

Produced by Robert Evans

Written by Robert Towne

Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Hillerman, Perry Lopez, Burt Young, John Huston

Music by Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by John A. Alonzo

Edited by Sam O'Steen

Production company: Penthouse, Long Road Productions, Robert Evans Company

Distribution & Stats

Distributed by Paramount Pictures

Release date: June 20, 1974

Running time: 131 minutes

Country: United States

Language: English

Budget: $6 million

Box office: $29.2 million