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They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.
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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.
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Directed by: Jack Nicholson, Vilmos Zsigmond
Written by: Robert Towne
Produced by: R. Blaine Currier, Alan Finkelstein, Jack Nicholson
Composed by: Van Dyke Parks
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