Chinatown

Looking to figure out who’s behind the surreptitious dumping of water from the reservoir, private eye Jake (Jack Nicholson) is back at the locks where he encounters director Roman Polanski, in his famous cameo, as a nameless goon with a switchblade, in Chinatown, 1974.

A Los Angeles P-I (Jack Nicholson) unwittingly sets up an innocent man for murder, then joins his widow (Faye Dunaway) to unearth the corruption behind the crime in Chinatown (1974), produced by Robert Evans, directed by Roman Polanski.

Atmospheric credits and the introduction of detective Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) with an aggrieved client (Burt Young), the opening of Roman Polanski's Chinatown, 1974, also starring Faye Dunaway and John Huston.

Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson), lunching with Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) after having his nose sliced, feels strongly that she's holding back, in Roman Polanski's Chinatown, 1974.

Lots of 1930's Los Angeles as detective Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) tails water department boss Hollis Mulwray (Darrell Zwerling), early in Roman Polanski's Chinatonw, 1974.

Jake (Jack Nicholson), reveling with his barber and assistant detectives (Richard Bakalyan, Joe Mantell), gets an unexpected visit from the real Mrs. Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) in Roman Polanski's Chinatown, 1974.