Other key members of the cast prove just as layered. For instance, Evelyn at first appears to be the traditional femme fatale, when in fact she’s the victim of an incestuous relationship. This devastating revelation is brilliantly dramatised in the famous “She’s my sister and my daughter” scene, as Gittes confronts her, demanding the truth. Evelyn reveals her wealthy father Noah Cross (John Huston) impregnated her, resulting in Eveyln’s sister/daughter, Katherine (Belinda Palmer), whose existence Eveyln has tried to keep secret from him ever since.