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Chinatown

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IMDB ID: tt0071315

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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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Jack Nicholson

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Faye Dunaway

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John Huston

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Perry Lopez

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John Hillerman

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Diane Ladd

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Roman Polanski

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Roy Jenson

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Richard Bakalyan

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James Hong

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Roman Polanski

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Robert Towne

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