A private detective, Jake Gittes, hired to investigate an adultery case, stumbles on the plot of a murder involving incest and the privatization of water through state and municipal corruption, land use and real estate. If he doesn't drop the case at once he faces threats of legal action, but he pursues it anyway, slowly uncovering a vast conspiracy.

GENRE: Detective
MPAA RATING: R
RUN TIME: 2h 10m
RELEASE DATE: June 20, 1974
STARRING: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, Darrell Zwerling
DIRECTOR(S): Roman Polanski
PRODUCER(S): Robert Evans
WRITER(S): Robert Towne
STUDIO: Paramount Pictures