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.

• Paramount Pictures
• Long Road Productions
• Jack Nicholson
• Faye Dunaway
• John Huston
• Perry Lopez
• John Hillerman
• Diane Ladd
• Roman Polanski
• Roy Jenson