Chinatown (1974)

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8.1 (381k)

2h 10min

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Synopsis

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.

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Chinatown is 1354 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved down the charts by -60 places since yesterday. In the United Kingdom, it is currently more popular than John Q but less popular than Regression.

Rank	Title
1350.	Richard Jewell	-43
1351.	The Losers	-43
1352.	Paper & Glue	-1
1353.	Regression	+9
1354.	Chinatown	-60
1355.	John Q	-60
1356.	The Bridge at Remagen	-11
1357.	Johnny English	-60
1358.	The Neutron Bomb	-21

Streaming charts last updated: 17:19, 17/10/2026

Cast

Jack Nicholson

J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

Faye Dunaway

Evelyn Cross Mulwray

John Huston

Noah Cross

Perry Lopez

Lieutenant Lou Escobar

Burt Young

Curly

John Hillerman

Russ Yelburton

Darrell Zwerling

Hollis I. Mulwray

Roman Polanski

Man with Knife

Diane Ladd

Ida Sessions

Richard Bakalyan

Detective Loach

Joe Mantell

Lawrence Walsh

Roy Jenson

Claude Mulvihill

James Hong

Evelyn's Butler

Bruce Glover

Duffy

Nandu Hinds

Sophie

James O'Rear

Lawyer

Beulah Quo

Maid

Jerry Fujikawa

Gardener

Belinda Palmer

Katherine

Roy Roberts

Mayor Bagby

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