| Jack Nicholson | Jake Gittes |
| Harvey Keitel | Julius 'Jake' Berman |
| Meg Tilly | Kitty Berman |
| Madeleine Stowe | Lillian Bodine |
| Eli Wallach | Cotton Weinberger |
| Ruben Blades | Michael 'Mickey Nice' Weisskopf |
| 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 | Ralph Tilton |
Private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes is hired by real estate developer Jake Berman for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his own 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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