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 | Director |
Vilmos Zsigmond | Director of Photography |
Anne Goursaud | Editor |
Robert Towne | Writer |
R. Blaine Currier | Associate Producer |
Alan Finkelstein | Associate Producer |
Van Dyke Parks | Original Music Composer |
Terry Liebling | Casting |
Toni-Ann Walker | Hairstylist |
Brad Wilder | Makeup Artist |