

MOVIE
Chinatown
You get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Chinatown in its release era
Released in 1974, Chinatown sits inside the 1970s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1974-06-20
- Rating
- R
- TMDB score
- 7.9/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States of America
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions, Robert Evans Productions
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