Directed by:
Jack NicholsonScreenplay:
Robert TowneCinematography:
Vilmos ZsigmondComposer:
Van Dyke ParksCast:
Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach, Rubén Blades, Frederic Forrest, David Keith, Richard Farnsworth, Tracey Walter (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
This sequel to CHINATOWN opens in the postwar boom of 1948 as developers rapaciously exploit the natural resources of Southern California. With his small, dingy practice expanded into a thriving operation, Private Investigator Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is now a card-carrying member of the bourgeoisie and engaged to be married. He still does a divorce case occasionally, however, and it is just such a case that draws Gittes into a complicated web of intrigue and corruption involving the mysterious daughter of the dead Evelyn Mulwray. When the husband of an adulterous wife (whom Gittes is investigating) murders his wife's lover, it first appears to be a simple crime of passion. But as the case unfolds, it turns out that the victim was actually the husband's real-estate partner, and the murder may have been committed in order to gain control of a lucrative property development. In his effort to solve the mystery, Jake is forced to reexamine the painful events of his past--specifically, his love affair with Evelyn Mulwray. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jack Nicholson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390374_6b48ce.jpg)
Jack Nicholson
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Shining (1980)
The Departed (2006)
![Harvey Keitel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267601_170ded.jpg)
Harvey Keitel
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Björk: Volumen (1999) (video compilation)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
![Meg Tilly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267913_5da1eb.jpg)
Meg Tilly
Canada
Best movies:
Fame (1980)
Valmont (1989)
Agnes of God (1985)
![Madeleine Stowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/969/162969039_95271b.png)
Madeleine Stowe
USA
Best movies:
12 Monkeys (1995)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Closet Land (1991)
![Eli Wallach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/360/162360723_469321.jpg)
Eli Wallach
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
![Rubén Blades](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/853/163853268_cefb0a.jpg)
Rubén Blades
Panama
Best movies:
The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada (2012)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
![Frederic Forrest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/477/160477387_be6bbb.jpg)
Frederic Forrest
USA
Best movies:
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Falling Down (1993)
The Rose (1979)
![David Keith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267751_2f9371.jpg)
David Keith
USA
Best movies:
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
Brubaker (1980)
The Rose (1979)
![Richard Farnsworth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267574_a8917a.jpg)
![Tracey Walter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279770_3b0310.jpg)
Tracey Walter
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
Serpico (1973)
![Joe Mantell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/449/159449728_b365ab.jpg)
Joe Mantell
USA
![James Hong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/482/166482425_fdb6a5.jpg)
James Hong
USA
Best movies:
Mulan (1998)
Chinatown (1974)
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) (series)
![Perry Lopez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634646_19afe5.gif)
Perry Lopez
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
Van Dyke Parks
USA
Best movies:
The Swan (1956)
The Two Jakes (1990)
He Said, She Said (1991)
Randi Ingerman
USA
Best movies:
Fatima (1997) (TV movie)
Screw Loose (1999)
The Two Jakes (1990)
![Tom Waits](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271590_2bea67.jpg)
Tom Waits
USA
Best movies:
Down by Law (1986)
The Fisher King (1991)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
![Faye Dunaway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/288/162288341_99eaba.jpg)
Faye Dunaway
USA
Best movies:
Little Big Man (1970)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Earl Palmer
USA
Best movies:
The Two Jakes (1990)
![Luana Anders](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/426/426661_a10fc7.jpg)
Luana Anders
USA
Best movies:
When the Legends Die (1972)
Easy Rider (1969)
The Last Detail (1973)
![Lee Weaver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185622_c0b6eb.gif)
Lee Weaver
USA
Best movies:
Donnie Darko (2001)
Vanishing Point (1971)
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)