Chinatown (1974 film)

"Listen, pal. I make an honest living. People only come to me when they're in a desperate situation. I help 'em out. I don't kick families out of their houses like you bums down at the bank do."

"So there's this guy Walsh, do you understand? He's tired of screwin' his wife... So his friend says to him, "Hey, why don't you do it like the Chinese do?" So he says, "How do the Chinese do it?" And the guy says, "Well, the Chinese, first they screw a little bit, then they stop, then they go and read a little Confucius, come back, screw a little bit more, then they stop again, and then they go out and they contemplate the moon or something like that. Makes it more exciting". So now, the guy goes home and he starts screwin' his own wife, see. So he screws her for a little bit and then he stops, and he goes out of the room and reads Life magazine. Then he goes back in, he starts screwin' again. He says, "Excuse me for a minute, honey". He goes out and he smokes a cigarette. Now his wife is gettin' sore as hell. He comes back in the room, he starts screwin' again. He gets up to start to leave again to go look at the moon. She looks at him and says, "Hey, whats the matter with ya. You're screwin' just like a Chinaman!" [Laughs hysterically]"

"[To Lt. Lou Escobar] You're dumber than you think I think you are."

"[To Escobar, mocking him] Come on, Lou, you're in charge. Make a decision."

"Morty: In the middle of a drought and the water commissioner drowns! Only in L.A."

"Man with Knife: You're a very nosy fellow, kitty cat. Huh? You know what happens to nosy fellows? Huh? No? Wanna guess? Huh? No? Okay. They lose their noses. [flicks knife, cutting open Jake's nostril] Next time you lose the whole thing. Cut it off and feed it to my goldfish. Understand? Understand!?"

"Lawrence Walsh: Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."

"Jack Nicholson - Jake 'J.J' Gittes"

"Faye Dunaway - Evelyn Cross Mulwray"

"John Huston - Noah Cross"

"Perry Lopez - Lieutenant Lou Escobar"

"John Hillerman - Russ Yelburton"

"Darrell Zwerling - Hollis I. Mulwray"

"Diane Ladd - Ida Sessions"

"Roy Jenson - Claude Mulvihill"

"Roman Polanski - Man with Knife"

"Richard Bakalyan - Detective Loach"

"Joe Mantell - Lawrence Walsh"

"Bruce Glover - Duffy"

"Nandu Hinds - Sophie"

"James Hong - Kahn, Evelyn's Butler"

"Beulah Quo - Maid"

"Belinda Palmer - Katherine Cross"

"Burt Young - Curly"

"Jerry Fujikawa - Gardener"