In "Chinatown," Nicholson plays the morally coy private detective Jake Gittes who finds himself in a seedy world of corruption and deceit after taking on what looks like a simple job. For his ...
"Chinatown, with all its implications for an evolving Los Angeles, is central to understanding the evolving Jake Gittes, as is his friendship with and dependence on his partner Lou Escobar," Towne ...
In 1937 Los Angeles, private investigator Jake 'J.J.' Gittes specializes in cheating-spouse cases. His current target is Hollis Mulwray, high-profile chief engineer for the Los Angeles Department ...
A key influence is 1974 neo-noir mystery Chinatown, about private investigator J. J. “Jake” Gittes (Jack Nicholson), who discovers the depth of corruption in 1937 Los Angeles while investigati ...
The line -- "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." -- is uttered by Lawrence Walsh (Joe Mantell), the partner of Jack Nicholson's sardonic private eye Jack Gittes, after Jake's love interest Evelyn ...