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Look somebody's gone to a lot of trouble hereand lawsuit or no lawsuit I intend to find outI'm not supposed to be the one who's caught with his pants down
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Chinatown

Somebody went to a lot of trouble here, and I want to find out, lawsuit or no lawsuit. I'm...

Jake Gittes:Somebody went to a lot of trouble here, and I want to find out, lawsuit or no lawsuit. I'm not the one who's supposed to be caught with his pants down

Full Transcript

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Look somebody's gone to a lot of trouble here
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and lawsuit or no lawsuit I intend to find out
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I'm not supposed to be the one who's caught with his pants down
Available in 7 languages
Duration
10 seconds
Views
343
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:23
Uploaded
Mar 12, 2026
Genres
drama, mystery, thriller
Production
Paramount Pictures,Long Road Productions,Robert Evans Company

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Movie Summary

A private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.

Actors

Jack Nicholson
J.j. Gittes
Jack Nicholson
May I speak frankly Mrs Mulwray You may if you can Mr Gittes - Chinatown 00:06
May I speak frankly Mrs Mulwray You may if you can Mr Gittes
It's nothing personal Mrs Mulwray It's very personalIt couldn't be more personalIs this business or an obsession with youLet's look at it this wayNow this phony broad excuse the languageshe tells me she's you She hires meNow whoever put her up to it - Chinatown 00:23
It's nothing personal Mrs Mulwray It's very...
Did you talk to him this morning? - Chinatown 00:27
Did you talk to him this morning?
Sorry, closed to public, sir. - Chinatown 00:16
Sorry, closed to public, sir.
How'd you get past the guardWell to tell you the truth I lied a little - Chinatown 00:08
How'd you get past the guardWell to tell you the truth...
You look like you've done well by yourselfI get byWell sometimes it takes a while for a man to find himselfMaybe you haveYeah going through other people's dirty linenYeah Tell me you still putting chinamen in jailfor spitting in the laundryYou're a little - Chinatown 00:28
You look like you've done well by yourselfI get byWell...
Looks like he was washed down the entire length of the run-off channel. - Chinatown 00:35
Looks like he was washed down the entire length of the...
Mrs. Mulwray, do you happen to know the name of the young lady in question? - Or where she might be? - Chinatown 00:16
Mrs. Mulwray, do you happen to know the name of the young...
We did. - Chinatown 00:22
We did.
Yes, but I did that because I thought I would put an end to a ridiculous rumor that had no basis. - Chinatown 00:09
Yes, but I did that because I thought I would put an end to...
Or her name No - Chinatown 00:10
Or her name No
Jake what are you doing hereNothing morty It's my lunch hourThought I'd drop by and see who dropped dead lately - Chinatown 00:09
Jake what are you doing hereNothing morty It's my lunch...
Yeah Isn't this somethingMiddle of a drought and the water commissioner drownsOnly in la Yeah - Chinatown 00:10
Yeah Isn't this somethingMiddle of a drought and the...
So how are you doing, morty? - Chinatown 00:11
So how are you doing, morty?
Who you got there? - Chinatown 00:25
Who you got there?
Yeah. He drowned, too. Come again? Yeah. Got drunk, passed out in the bottom of the riverbed. The la - Chinatown 00:28
Yeah. He drowned, too. Come again? Yeah. Got drunk, passed...
Howdy. You were riding out here the other day, weren't you? Do you speak English? - Chinatown 00:11
Howdy. You were riding out here the other day, weren't...
You were talking to a man a few days ago. - Chinatown 00:24
You were talking to a man a few days ago.
Son of a bitch! - Chinatown 00:06
Son of a bitch!
Hold it there, kitty-cat! - Chinatown 00:06
Hold it there, kitty-cat!