" In a montage, she began her day's work:assembled sales materials at the front entrancestripped down to her underwear to use a squeegee o wash glass patio doors leading to the poolscrubbed a kitchen countertopdusted an out-of-date ceiling fan while on a step-ladder, causing her to coughvacuumed the carpeted floor in the orange-painted living roomHer mantra persisted as she applied lipstick to herself, now back in her formal suit, before her first open house clients arrived to preview the home.In the end, he is rewarded for accidentally capturinganotherbank robber, and also given a lucrative contract for his 'improvised' screenplay.If Gittes returns to the house to see her later, she requests: "Please call first." The camera dallies on Evelyn's mysterious face as he leaves.Using as an entry pass one of the business cards he lifted from Yelburton's office, Gittes is easily allowed admission by police guards through the gates into the Oak Pass Reservoir when mistaken as Yelburton.]The film was the number one box-office success of he year (the highest grossing film) and it won critical acclaim as well - eight Academy Award nominations and seven Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Alec Guinness), Best Director, Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Pierre Boulle), Best Cinematography, Best Score, and Best Film Editing.