The line -- "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." -- is uttered by Lawrence Walsh (Joe Mantell), the partner of Jack Nicholson's sardonic private eye Jack Gittes, after Jake's love interest Evelyn ...

Chinatown screenwriter Robert Towne recently ... He shared how he is “drawn” to the young Jake Gittes. The screenwriter explained the reason behind it and it is Gittes’ bravado.