Noah Cross

"I don't blame myself.You see Mr.Gittes most people never face the fact, that in the right place,at the right time,they're capable of anything."

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The main villain of the 1974 movie,Chinatown.Played by the late John Huston.

The richest and most powerful man in 1920s Los Angeles,CA.Head of the water department,as well as,destroying water tanks and poisoning wells.When Gittes finds out Noah murdered Hollis Mulray.Noah admits he plans to incorperate the Northwest Valley into the city of Los Angeles.He also raped his own daughter,saying he has no guilt.He forces Gittes to take him to where Evelyn and her daughter,plan on getting out of town.But the police show up.Evelyn knowing that Noah has the cops under his thumb,decides to shoot him and escape.But the cops shoot her and Noah takes in they're daughter.