1974 - 'Chinatown'

JUSTICE THWARTED
Director Roman Polanski, in shorts, and Jack Nicholson, in the car, prepare to shoot a scene from “Chinatown,” in which the bad guys get away with murder. Robert Towne, who won an Academy Award for the screenplay, is a Los Angeles native, but got the idea after reading a book about Southern California. The 1974 film created a mold that’s still in place for movie versions of Los Angeles history.