


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.

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
Rebecca Broussard
Gladys
Paul A. DiCocco Jr.
Liberty Levine
John Hackett
Mark Bodine

Rosie Vela
Linda

Allan Warnick
Rippey

Susan Forristal
Delores
Jack Nicholson
Robert Towne
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