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About
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.
Theatrical
Aug 10, 1990
Box Office
$10.0M
Budget
$19.0M
Return
0.5x
DVD / Blu-ray
Nov 23, 1999
Theaters
1
Director
Producers
R. Blaine Currier, Alan Finkelstein, Harold Schneider
Music
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Quotes
See all →Legal Proceedings and Unanswered Questions
Francis Hannah
Isn't it a fact, Mr. Gittes, that you're out on bail, having been arrested at the Green Parrot Bar & Grill?
Cotton Weinberger
Wait a minute. Your Honor, the witness has been charged, not convicted.
Judge Alexander K. Dettmer
What's the charge?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Confrontation Over Allegations and Associations
Det. Lt. Loach
Come on, Gittes. There you were, consorting with a known hoodlum under grand jury investigation... and known to be friendly with your client, Jake Berman.
Jake Gittes
So, what?
Det. Lt. Loach
So, either you were doing business with Mickey, or, uh...
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
The Jake Gittes Collection
The cases of private eye J.J. 'Jake' Gittes.
Cast
Full credits →J
Jack Nicholson
J.J. "Jake" Gittes
H
Harvey Keitel
Julius "Jake" Berman
M
Meg Tilly
Kitty Berman
M
Madeleine Stowe
Lillian Bodine
E
Eli Wallach
Cotton Weinberger
R
Rubén Blades
Mickey Nice
F
Frederic Forrest
Chuck Newty
D
David Keith
Det. Lt. Loach
R
Richard Farnsworth
Earl Rawley
T
Tracey Walter
Tyrone Otley
J
Joe Mantell
Lawrence Walsh
J
James Hong
Kahn
P
Perry Lopez
Captain Lou Escobar
J
Jeff Morris
Tilton
R
Rebecca Broussard
Gladys
P
Paul A. DiCocco Jr.
Liberty Levine
J
John Hackett
Mark Bodine
R
Rosie Vela
Linda
A
Allan Warnick
Rippey
S
Susan Forristal
Delores
