from Paramount Pictures
Directed by
Roman Polanski
Starring
Jack Nicholson (J. J. "Jake" Gittes)
Faye Dunaway (Evelyn Cross Mulwray)
John Huston (Noah Cross)
Perry Lopez (Escobar)
John Hillerman (Yelburton)
Darrell Zwerling (Hollis Mulwray)
Diane Ladd (Ida Sessions)
Roy Jenson (Claude Mulvihill)
Richard Bakalyan (Loach)
Roman Polanski (Man with Knife)
Joe Mantell (Walsh)
Bruce Glover (Duffy)
Nandu Hinds (Sophie)
James O'Rear (Lawyer)
James Hong (Evelyn's Butler)
Beulah Quo (Maid)
Jerry Fujikawa (Gardener)
Belinda Palmer (Katherine)
Roy Roberts (Mayor Bagby)
George Justin (Barber)
Noble Willingham (Councilman)
Elliott Montgomery (Councilman)
Rance Howard (Irate Farmer)
Doc Erickson (Customer)
Fritzie Burr (Mulwray's Secretary)
Charles Knapp (Mortician)
Claudio Martinez (Boy on Horseback)
Federico Roberto (Cross' Butler)
Allan Warnick (Clerk)
John Holland (Farmer in the Valley)
Jesse Vint (Farmer in the Valley)
Jim Burke (Farmer in the Valley)
Denny Arnold (Farmer in the Valley)
Burt Young (Curly)
Elizabeth Harding (Curly's Wife)
John Rogers (Mr. Palmer)
Cecil Elliott (Emma Dill)
Bob Golden (Policeman)
Paul Jenkins (Policeman)
Lee de Broux (Policeman)
Written by
Robert Towne
Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith
Rated: 
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 J. J. "Jake" Gittes
(Jack Nicholson), a private-eye who specializes in adultery cases,
is hired by a woman (Faye Dunaway) to investigate the infidelities
of her alleged husband, the water commissioner for the city of
Los Angeles. As the film noir plot unfolds, the detective gets
in way over his head in a case involving the illegal damming
of water out of a drought-striken area, corrupt politicians grabbing
up land, and a prominent family's long-hidden dark secret. The
various plot strains come together at the end of the film in
the Chinatown section of the city, the part of town where the
law always seems to lose out to other "mysterious"
forces at play. Oscar for Best Original Screenplay (Robert Towne).
A sequel was made in 1990 by Jack Nicholson "The Two Jakes".
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