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.

• Paramount Pictures
• Jack Nicholson
• Harvey Keitel
• Meg Tilly
• Madeleine Stowe
• Eli Wallach
• Rubén Blades
• Frederic Forrest
• David Keith