A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has someth...
A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.
JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the enuing scandal, it seems he was hired by an imperonator and not the real Mr. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply.
