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"Chinatown" 50th Anniversary

From left: Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974).
Chinatown, Long Road Productions/Robert Evans Company/Paramount Pictures, 1974.
From left: Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway in Chinatown (1974).

It’s been 50 years since the film Chinatown was released, and yet it still remains one of the best crime sagas every splashed across a big screen. Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender, and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the qualities of Chinatown, which are many, and add to that a general discussion about those responsible for it.