Chinatown [829] Released: 1974-06-20 Revenue: $30,000,000 Budget: $6,000,000 Profit: $24,000,000 Runtime: 130 mins Popularity: 5.7024 Vote Average: 7.9 Vote Count: 3,958 Overview: 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. Cast [43] Jack NicholsonJ.J. 'Jake' Gitt Faye DunawayEvelyn Cross Mul John HustonNoah Cross Perry LopezLieutenant Lou E John HillermanRuss Yelburton Diane LaddIda Sessions Roman PolanskiMan with Knife Roy JensonClaude Mulvihill Richard BakalyanDetective Loach James HongEvelyn's Butler Bruce GloverDuffy Joe MantellLawrence Walsh Roy RobertsMayor Bagby Noble WillinghamCouncilman Rance HowardIrate Farmer Jesse VintFarmer in the Va Burt YoungCurly Lee de BrouxPoliceman Darrell ZwerlingHollis I. Mulwra Nandu HindsSophie James O'RearLawyer Beulah QuoMaid Jerry FujikawaGardener Belinda PalmerKatherine Elliott MontgomeryCouncilman George JustinBarber C.O. EricksonCustomer Charles KnappMortician Claudio MartÃnezBoy on Horseback Federico RobertoCross' Butler Allan WarnickClerk John HollandFarmer in the Va Jim BurkFarmer in the Va Denny ArnoldFarmer in the Va Elizabeth HardingCurly's Wife John RogersMr. Palmer Cecil ElliottEmma Dill Paul JenkinsPoliceman Bob GoldenPoliceman Richard WarrenDriver Fritzi BurrMulwray's Secrea Cosmo SardoBarber Charles FogelRetirement Home Trailers Jack Nicholson accepts his award on the set of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Trailer