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.
Keywords:
Los angeles, california
Private detective
Movie tag line: "They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money."
Character: J.J. "Jake" Gittes
Character: Julius "Jake" Berman
Character: Kitty Berman
Character: Lillian Bodine
Character: Cotton Weinberger