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The cases of private eye J.J. 'Jake' Gittes.

  • Number of Movies: 2
  • Revenue: $40,005,969

Featured Cast

  1. Jack Nicholson

    Jack Nicholson

    J.J. 'Jake' Gittes, J.J. "Jake" Gittes

  2. Faye Dunaway

    Faye Dunaway

    Evelyn Cross Mulwray, Evelyn Mulwray (voice)

  3. Harvey Keitel

    Harvey Keitel

    Julius "Jake" Berman

  4. John Huston

    John Huston

    Noah Cross

  5. Meg Tilly

    Meg Tilly

    Kitty Berman

  6. Perry Lopez

    Perry Lopez

    Lieutenant Lou Escobar, Captain Lou Escobar

  7. Madeleine Stowe

    Madeleine Stowe

    Lillian Bodine

  8. Eli Wallach

    Eli Wallach

    Cotton Weinberger

  9. John Hillerman

    John Hillerman

    Russ Yelburton

  10. Rubén Blades

    Rubén Blades

    Mickey Nice

  11. Diane Ladd

    Diane Ladd

    Ida Sessions

  12. Frederic Forrest

    Frederic Forrest

    Chuck Newty

  13. Roman Polanski

    Roman Polanski

    Man with Knife

  14. Roy Jenson

    Roy Jenson

    Claude Mulvihill

Featured Crew

  1. Robert Towne

    Robert Towne

    Writing

  2. Jack Nicholson

    Jack Nicholson

    Directing

  3. Roman Polanski

    Roman Polanski

    Directing

June 20, 1974

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

August 10, 1990

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.

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