Who is J. J. (Jake) Gittes in Chinatown?

Jack Nicholson plays J. J. (Jake) Gittes in the film.

Chinatown

CHINATOWN, 1974, Paramount, 131 min. Dir. Roman Polanski. Jack Nicholson gives his greatest performance as 1930s private eye J.J. Gittes, maneuvering through a nightmarish L.A. netherworld of cheating husbands, stolen water rights, incest and murder, as he desperately tries to save beautiful Faye Dunaway from her raptorlike father (John Huston). Writer Robert Towne’s magnificent, labyrinthine portrait of Los Angeles has been widely hailed as the best script of its era.

GENRE: Suspense/Thriller
RELEASE DATE: Thursday, Jun 20, 1974

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How long is Chinatown?: Chinatown is 2 hr 11 min long.

Who directed Chinatown?: Roman Polanski

Who is J. J. (Jake) Gittes in Chinatown?: Jack Nicholson plays J. J. (Jake) Gittes in the film.

What is Chinatown about?: CHINATOWN, 1974, Paramount, 131 min. Dir. Roman Polanski. Jack Nicholson gives his greatest performance as 1930s private eye J.J. Gittes, maneuvering through a nightmarish L.A. netherworld of cheating husbands, stolen water rights, incest and murder, as he desperately tries to save beautiful Faye Dunaway from her raptorlike father (John Huston). Writer Robert Towne’s magnificent, labyrinthine portrait of Los Angeles has been widely hailed as the best script of its era.