Chinatown Overview
When Los Angeles private eye J.J. "Jake" Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is hired by Evelyn Mulwray to investigate her husband's activities, he believes it's a routine infidelity case. Jake's investigation soon becomes anything but routine when he meets the real Mrs. Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) and realizes he was hired by an imposter. Mr. Mulwray's sudden death sets Gittes on a tangled trail of corruption, deceit and sinister family secrets as Evelyn's father (John Huston) becomes a suspect in the case.
Rating
R
Audio and movie formats
Mono
Awards
Faye Dunaway — Nominated for Golden Globe for Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, 1974
Jack Nicholson — Won Golden Globe for Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, 1974
John Huston — Nominated for British Academy of Film & Television Arts for Supporting Actor, 1974
Jack Nicholson — Won British Academy of Film & Television Arts for Actor, 1974
John Huston — Nominated for Golden Globe for Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, 1974
Jack Nicholson — Nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor, 1974
Faye Dunaway — Nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress, 1974
Faye Dunaway — Nominated for British Academy of Film & Television Arts for Actress, 1974
Production company
Paramount Pictures
Chinatown cast and crew
- Jack Nicholson as J. J. (Jake) Gittes
- Faye Dunaway as Evelyn Cross Mulwray
- John Huston as Noah Cross
- Perry Lopez as Lt. Lou Escobar
- John Hillerman as Russ Yelburton
- Darrell Zwerling as Hollis I. Mulwray
- Diane Ladd as Ida Sessions
- Roy Jenson as Claude Mulvihill
- Roman Polanski as Man with knife
- Dick Bakalyan as Detective Loach
- Joe Mantell as Lawrence Walsh
- Bruce Glover as Duffy
- Nandu Hinds as Sophie
- James O'Rear as Lawyer
- James Hong as Kahn
- Beulah Quo as Mulwray's maid
- Jerry Fujikawa as Mulwray's Gardener
- Belinda Palmer as Katherine Cross
- Roy Roberts as Mayor Bagby
- Noble Willingham as Councilman
- Elliott Montgomery as Councilman
- Rance Howard as Irate Farmer at Council Meeting
- George Justin as Barney, the Barber
- Doc Erickson as Banker at Barbershop
- Fritzi Burr as Mulwray's Secretary
