Jack Nicholson

as J.J. 'Jake' Gittes

Faye Dunaway

as Evelyn Cross Mulwray

John Huston

as Noah Cross

Perry Lopez

as Lieutenant Lou Escobar

Burt Young

as Curly

John Hillerman

as Russ Yelburton

Darrell Zwerling

as Hollis I. Mulwray

Roman Polanski

as Man with Knife