Chinatown or Chinatown (Chinatown) is a 1974 American film directed by Roman Polanski screenplay by Robert Towne, and the music is by Jerry Goldsmith. The film is filled with many elements typical of the "film noir" genre. The film was awarded the "Oscar" for original screenplay. The film premiered on June 20, 1974.
Jake Gittis (Jack Nicholson) is a private investigator specializing primarily in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulray (Faye Dunaway), who suspects her husband, who built the city's water system, of having an extramarital affair. Gittis does what he does best and films the husband with a young woman, but as the scandal unfolds, he realizes that he has been hired by an impostor, not the real Mrs. Mulray. When Mr. Mulray is found dead, Jake is entangled in a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest, and municipal corruption, all related to the city's water system.
