

10/08/1990
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
as J.J. "Jake" Gittes

Harvey Keitel
as Julius "Jake" Berman

Meg Tilly
as Kitty Berman

Madeleine Stowe
as Lillian Bodine

Eli Wallach
as Cotton Weinberger

Rubén Blades
as Mickey Nice

Frederic Forrest
as Chuck Newty

David Keith
as Det. Lt. Loach

Richard Farnsworth
as Earl Rawley

Tracey Walter
as Tyrone Otley

Joe Mantell
as Lawrence Walsh

James Hong
as Kahn

Perry Lopez
as Captain Lou Escobar

Jeff Morris
as Tilton

Rebecca Broussard
as Gladys

Paul A. DiCocco Jr.
as Liberty Levine

John Hackett
as Mark Bodine

Rosie Vela
as Linda

Allan Warnick
as Rippey

Susan Forristal
as Delores

Will Tynan
as Judge Dettmer

Van Dyke Parks
as Francis Hannah

William Duffy
as Desk Sergeant

Sue Carlton
as Mattie Rawley

Don McGovern
as Bartender

Luana Anders
as Florist

Dean Hill
as Cop with Parrot

Pia Grønning
as Dr. Elsa Branchauer

John Herman Shaner
as Saul

Michael Shaner
as Benny

Lee Weaver
as Caddy #1

Malek Abdul-Mansour
as Caddy #2

Kenneth Cervi
as Prowler

Annie Marshall
as Client with Dog

Ian Thorpe
as Errol Flynn Look-alike

Collette Northrop
as Cigarette / Hat Check Girl

Patricia Durham
as Clarissa

Randi Ingerman
as Lana

Joy Wayman
as Lady Asleep

Bob George
as Bar Maitre D'

Suzanne Mitchell
as The Redhead

Alan Chaffin
as Bar Manager

Wyn Costello
as Black Eye Woman

Lisa Croisette
as Actress at Max Factor

Jessica Z. Diamond
as Receptionist

Scott Flynn
as Golf Advisor

Benard Ihgner
as Singer at Green Parrot

Earl Palmer
as Green Parrot Band

Simeon Pillich
as Green Parrot Band

Herman Riley
as Green Parrot Band

Faye Dunaway
as Evelyn Mulwray (voice)

Tom Waits
as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)

Paulie DiCocco
as Liberty Levine (uncredited)

James Ent
as Bailiff (uncredited)

Jeffery Thomas Johnson
as Golfer (uncredited)

Dwight F. Lay
as Man Getting Shoeshine (uncredited)

Tereza Rizzardi
as Woman at Max Factor (uncredited)
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