‘Chinatown’ released in U.S. 40 years ago today (June 20 1974)


Video: 'Chinatown' trailer

(Thursday, June 20, 1974)Chinatown, a neo-noir film about a Los Angeles private eye who unwittingly sets up an innocent man for murder, then joins his seductive widow to unearth the corruption behind the crime, was released today in the U.S.

Directed by Roman Polanski, the film starred Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John Huston.