They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.
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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Classical in form, cool, grave and contemplative.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Jack NicholsonJ.J. "Jake" Gittes
- Harvey KeitelJulius "Jake" Berman
- Meg TillyKitty Berman
- Madeleine StoweLillian Bodine
- Eli WallachCotton Weinberger
- Rubén BladesMickey Nice
- Frederic ForrestChuck Newty
- David KeithDet. Lt. Loach
- Richard FarnsworthEarl Rawley
- Tracey WalterTyrone Otley
Crew
- Jack NicholsonDirector
- Robert TowneWriter
- Vilmos ZsigmondDirector of Photography
- Van Dyke ParksOriginal Music Composer
- Anne GoursaudEditor
- Harold SchneiderProducer
- Jack NicholsonProducer
- Robert EvansProducer
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