The read
Every source lands within 5 points of the others.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes59%
Metacritic56/100
292 audience votes
Key crew
- Jack NicholsonDirector
- Robert TowneWriter
- Van Dyke ParksOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Jack NicholsonJ.J. "Jake" Gittes
- Harvey KeitelJulius "Jake" Berman
- Meg TillyKitty Berman
- Madeleine StoweLillian Bodine
- Eli WallachCotton Weinberger
- Rubén BladesMickey Nice
- Frederic ForrestChuck Newty
- David KeithDet. Lt. Loach
- Richard FarnsworthEarl Rawley
- Tracey WalterTyrone Otley
- Joe MantellLawrence Walsh
- James HongKahn