Filmmakers
Above the lineJN
Director
Jack Nicholson
RT
Screenplay
Robert Towne
Writer
VZ
Cinematography
Vilmos Zsigmond
Director of Photography
AG
Editing
Anne Goursaud
Editor
VP
Music
Van Dyke Parks
Original Music Composer
JR
Production Design
Jeremy Railton
RS
Production Design
Richard Sawyer
WF
Costume Design
Wayne A. Finkelman
Cast
57JN
Jack Nicholson
J.J. "Jake" Gittes
HK
Harvey Keitel
Julius "Jake" Berman
MT
Meg Tilly
Kitty Berman
MS
Madeleine Stowe
Lillian Bodine
EW
Eli Wallach
Cotton Weinberger
RB
Rubén Blades
Mickey Nice
FF
Frederic Forrest
Chuck Newty
DK
David Keith
Det. Lt. Loach
RF
Richard Farnsworth
Earl Rawley
TW
Tracey Walter
Tyrone Otley
JM
Joe Mantell
Lawrence Walsh
JH
James Hong
Kahn
PL
Perry Lopez
Captain Lou Escobar
JM
Jeff Morris
Tilton
RB
Rebecca Broussard
Gladys
PJ
Paul A. DiCocco Jr.
Liberty Levine
JH
John Hackett
Mark Bodine
RV
Rosie Vela
Linda
AW
Allan Warnick
Rippey
SF
Susan Forristal
Delores
WT
Will Tynan
Judge Dettmer
VP
Van Dyke Parks
Francis Hannah
WD
William Duffy
Desk Sergeant
SC
Sue Carlton
Mattie Rawley
DM
Don McGovern
Bartender
LA
Luana Anders
Florist
DH
Dean Hill
Cop with Parrot
PG
Pia Grønning
Dr. Elsa Branchauer
JS
John Herman Shaner
Saul
MS
Michael Shaner
Benny
LW
Lee Weaver
Caddy #1
MA
Malek Abdul-Mansour
Caddy #2
KC
Kenneth Cervi
Prowler
AM
Annie Marshall
Client with Dog
IT
Ian Thorpe
Errol Flynn Look-alike
CN
Collette Northrop
Cigarette / Hat Check Girl
PD
Patricia Durham
Clarissa
RI
Randi Ingerman
Lana
JW
Joy Wayman
Lady Asleep
BG
Bob George
Bar Maitre D'
SM
Suzanne Mitchell
The Redhead
AC
Alan Chaffin
Bar Manager
WC
Wyn Costello
Black Eye Woman
LC
Lisa Croisette
Actress at Max Factor
JD
Jessica Z. Diamond
Receptionist
SF
Scott Flynn
Golf Advisor
BI
Benard Ihgner
Singer at Green Parrot
EP
Earl Palmer
Green Parrot Band
SP
Simeon Pillich
Green Parrot Band
HR
Herman Riley
Green Parrot Band
FD
Faye Dunaway
Evelyn Mulwray (voice)
TW
Tom Waits
Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
PD
Paulie DiCocco
Liberty Levine (uncredited)
JE
James Ent
Bailiff (uncredited)
JJ
Jeffery Thomas Johnson
Golfer (uncredited)
DL
Dwight F. Lay
Man Getting Shoeshine (uncredited)
TR
Tereza Rizzardi
Woman at Max Factor (uncredited)
Departments
20Production
- R. Blaine CurrierAssociate Producer
- Alan FinkelsteinAssociate Producer
- Terry LieblingCasting
- Jack NicholsonProducer
- Harold SchneiderProducer
- Robert EvansProducer
Sound
- Art RochesterProduction Sound Mixer
- Bob NewlanSound Editor
- John HoerenSound Effects Editor
- Robert J. LittSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Greg P. RussellSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Elliot TysonSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Julia EvershadeSupervising Sound Editor
Art
- Richard SchreiberArt Direction
- Jerry WunderlichSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Toni-Ann WalkerHairstylist
- Joy ZapataHairstylist
- Brad WilderMakeup Artist
- Ray SebastianMakeup Artist
Writing
- Robert TowneCharacters