Col.Fitts was taken aback by the two who said they were ""partners"", and suspiciously asked: "What are you guys selling?" When they answered that they were both professionals - a tax attorney and anesthesiologist, then it dawned on Fitts that they were gay men.J.(Jake) Gittes (Jack Nicholson).He""s a former cop who now specializes in investigations involving messy, ""dirty"" divorce cases and extra-marital affairs.Homicide!Tom finds a slightly mad, apostate, itinerant ex-preacher named Jim Casy (John Carradine) sitting under a willow tree by the side of the road.When they emerged from the ruins, large numbers of human tribe members converged on them, carrying their belongings and some weapons, after journeying there long distances from their homes - Tival explained: "They all want to see this human who defies the apes.Are the beguiling Joshua""s motives honest and above reproach, or is he hiding secrets from her, and not disclosing his true identity? In their early conversations together, they often have witty (and goofy) dialogues ogether: (Reggie: "Do you know what""s wrong with you?" Peter: "No, what?" Reggie: "Absolutely nothing").