Chinatown (1974 125min.) [C4 1.15am saturday &+1]
Oscar-winning period thriller starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston. When private eye JJ Gittes is hired to investigate the husband of a rich Los Angeles socialite, he stumbles into a web of deceit and murder and uncovers a terrible secret from the past.
Jack Nicholson is a 1930's LA private detective, in full Marlowesque mode, trying to untangle the shady goings on of Faye Dunaway and her dad John Huston.
Great Robert Towne script, superb Polanski direction and a visceral assault on the Nicholson nose.
Immortal line : "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown."
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