• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1974-06-20
  • Runtime130 minutes
  • TaglineYou get tough. You get tender. You get close to each other. Maybe you even get close to the truth.
  • Revenue30,000,000$
  • GenreCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
  • Production
    CompaniesParamount Pictures, Long Road Productions, Robert Evans Company
  • Budget6,000,000$

Movie Overview

Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

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Jack Nicholson

Faye Dunaway

John Huston

Perry Lopez

John Hillerman

Diane Ladd

Roman Polanski

Roy Jenson

Richard Bakalyan

James Hong

Bruce Glover

Joe Mantell

Roy Roberts

Noble Willingham

Rance Howard

Jesse Vint

Burt Young

Lee de Broux

Darrell Zwerling

James O'Rear

Beulah Quo

Jerry Fujikawa

C.O. Erickson

Charles Knapp

Allan Warnick

John Holland

Paul Jenkins

Fritzi Burr