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Chinatown

Apollo Movie Guide's Review Chinatown

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Summary

The setting? 1940s Los Angeles. The genre? Film noir. The story? A classic involving political, economic and personal corruption. Nicholson, Huston and Dunaway give finely tuned performances, while director Polanski expertly converts Robert Towne's words to the screen.

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1974
USA
131 minutes
Studio/distributor: Paramount

Rated R.

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