Los Angeles, 1937. There are lots of guys like J.J. Giddes (Jack Nicholson). They're easy to find...if you want to find them.
It all begins for gumshoe Giddes when a well-to-do dame walks into his office. Sure, it's happened before, but nothing has prepared J.J. for this broad or for this tale of political corruption, adultery, murder, and....
