Private eye Jake Gittes lives off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's affair, he is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits. Roman Polanski directs.
Jack Nicholson plays Jake Gittes, with Faye Dunaway as Evelyn Cross Mulwray, John Huston as Noah Cross and Perry Lopez as Lieutenant Escobar. A crime mystery from Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions and Robert Evans Productions.
- Director: Roman Polanski
- Starring: Jack Nicholson as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes, Faye Dunaway as Evelyn Cross Mulwray, John Huston as Noah Cross, Perry Lopez as Lieutenant Lou Escobar, Burt Young as Curly, John Hillerman as Russ Yelburton
- Studio: Paramount Pictures, Long Road Productions, Robert Evans Productions
- Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Year: 1974
- Runtime: 130 min
