Directed by: Roman Polanski

Casting:
Jack Nicholson .... Jake 'J.J.' Gittes
Faye Dunaway .... Evelyn Cross Mulwray
John Huston .... Noah Cross
Perry Lopez .... Lieutenant Lou Escobar
John Hillerman .... Russ Yelburton
Darrell Zwerling .... Hollis I. Mulwray
Diane Ladd .... Ida Sessions
Roy Jenson .... Claude Mulvihill
Roman Polanski .... Man with Knife
Richard Bakalyan .... Detective Loach (as Dick Bakalyan)
Joe Mantell .... Lawrence Walsh
Bruce Glover .... Duffy
Nandu Hinds .... Sophie
James O'Rear .... Lawyer
James Hong .... Kahn

Plot summary:
Hollis Mulwray is a chief engineer of the water department. Ida Sessions, pretending to be his wife Evelyn, asks P.I. JJ Jake Gittes to investigate his adulterous ways. Jake takes photos of Hollis with a young lady. Hollis then turns up murdered, which Jake decides to investigate. Jake finds more than he was looking for. He discovers a plot to buy cheap, unwatered land for low prices, water the land, and sell it for millions of dollars. The plot is masterminded by one Noah Cross, who is Evelyn's father and Hollis' one-time business partner. His investigation leads him to an affair with Evelyn and a discussion with Noah Cross, both of whom seem curiously interested in the girl Hollis was seen with.

Also known as:
йХРЮИЯЙХИ йБЮПРЮК (Soviet Union: Russian title) [ru]
Barrio chino (Argentina) [es]
Cínská ctvrt (Czechoslovakia) [cs]
Chinatown (West Germany) [de]
Chinatown (Finland) [fi]
Chinatown (Spain) [es]
Chinatown (Brazil) [pt]
Kínai negyed (Hungary) [hu]

Genre: Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Country: USA