Chinatown

In a legendary performance, Jack Nicholson stars as private eye Jake Gittes. Hired by a mysterious woman to investigate Hollis Mulwray, the chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Gittes’ sleuthing brings him into contact with Mulwray’s wife (Faye Dunnaway), a stunning socialite with secrets of her own. As a determined Gittes delves deeper he soon realises that the City of Angels has a dark side.

Dir: Roman Polanski: USA 1974 (130 mins)

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