Pairography

Pair · Actor and director

Roman Polanski made Chinatown with John Huston

Roman Polanski directed Chinatown (1974) and starred in it alongside John Huston. Roman Polanski played Man with knife and John Huston played Noah Cross.

[John Huston] continued to take prominent supporting roles for the next two decades, including 1974's Chinatown (directed by Roman Polanski), and he lent his booming baritone voice as a voice actor and narrator to a number of prominent films.

John Huston · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · name in brackets added
  • Actor and director

French actor and director, born in Paris. Won the Academy Award for Best Director, the BAFTA Award for Best Direction, the César Award for Best Director and two other major prizes. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

John Huston

1906–1987
  • Director and actor

American director and actor, born in Nevada. Won the Academy Award for Best Director, the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Golden Lion. Nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

The film

By release year
  1. 1974 · Crime thriller, Film noir · 131 min · United States

    Chinatown

    Roman Polanski: director and actor · John Huston: actor, as Noah Cross

    Music: Jerry Goldsmith

    Camera: John A. Alonzo

    Written by: Roman Polanski, Robert Towne

    Produced by: Robert Evans

    Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

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