Summary
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.
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Cast
Jack Nicholson
J.J. 'Jake' Gittes
Faye Dunaway
Evelyn Cross Mulwray
Perry Lopez
Lieutenant Lou Escobar
John Hillerman
Russ Yelburton
Diane Ladd
Ida Sessions
Roy Jenson
Claude Mulvihill
Richard Bakalyan
Detective Loach
James Hong
Evelyn's Butler
Bruce Glover
Duffy
Joe Mantell
Lawrence Walsh
Roy Roberts
Mayor Bagby
Noble Willingham
Councilman
Rance Howard
Irate Farmer
Jesse Vint
Farmer in the Valley
Burt Young
Curly
Lee de Broux
Policeman
Darrell Zwerling
Hollis I. Mulwray
James O'Rear
Lawyer
Beulah Quo
Maid
Jerry Fujikawa
Gardener
Charles Knapp
Mortician
Allan Warnick
Clerk
John Holland
Farmer in the Valley
Jim Burk
Farmer in the Valley
Paul Jenkins
Policeman
Fritzi Burr
Mulwray's Secreatry
Cosmo Sardo
Barber (uncredited)