"FORGET IT, JAKE..." A TRUE AMERICAN CLASSIC

Rating: Null/10 (28 February 2003)

CHINATOWN (1974) **** Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Diane Ladd, Perry Lopez, John Hillerman, Burt Young. Roman Polanski's classic masterpiece homage to the 1930s crime/detective/pulp fiction/noir genre with Jack as Jake Gittes, an LA detective up to his neck in scandal, murder, deceit and some truly memorable secrets unearthed and Dunaway in her creme de la creme performance as his tortured client. Robert Towne won an Oscar for his superb screenplay.