Summary
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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Cast
Jack Nicholson
J.J. "Jake" Gittes
Harvey Keitel
Julius "Jake" Berman
Meg Tilly
Kitty Berman
Madeleine Stowe
Lillian Bodine
Eli Wallach
Cotton Weinberger
Rubén Blades
Mickey Nice
Frederic Forrest
Chuck Newty
David Keith
Det. Lt. Loach
Richard Farnsworth
Earl Rawley
Tracey Walter
Tyrone Otley
Joe Mantell
Lawrence Walsh
James Hong
Kahn
Perry Lopez
Captain Lou Escobar
Jeff Morris
Tilton
Rosie Vela
Linda
Allan Warnick
Rippey
Susan Forristal
Delores
William Duffy
Desk Sergeant
Don McGovern
Bartender
Luana Anders
Florist
Pia Grønning
Dr. Elsa Branchauer
Lee Weaver
Caddy #1
Randi Ingerman
Lana
Faye Dunaway
Evelyn Mulwray (voice)
Tom Waits
Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Jeffery Thomas Johnson
Golfer (uncredited)
Tereza Rizzardi
Woman at Max Factor (uncredited)