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The Two Jakes

They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.

1990 · R · 2h 17m

Directed by Jack Nicholson

6.0

TMDB audience score
292 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.

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Cast

  • Jack Nicholson
    J.J. "Jake" Gittes

  • Harvey Keitel
    Julius "Jake" Berman

  • Meg Tilly
    Kitty Berman

  • Madeleine Stowe
    Lillian Bodine

  • Eli Wallach
    Cotton Weinberger

  • Rubén Blades
    Mickey Nice

  • Frederic Forrest
    Chuck Newty

  • David Keith
    Det. Lt. Loach

  • Richard Farnsworth
    Earl Rawley

  • Tracey Walter
    Tyrone Otley

  • Joe Mantell
    Lawrence Walsh

  • James Hong
    Kahn

  • Perry Lopez
    Captain Lou Escobar

  • Jeff Morris
    Tilton

  • Rebecca Broussard
    Gladys

  • Paul A. DiCocco Jr.
    Liberty Levine

  • John Hackett
    Mark Bodine

  • Rosie Vela
    Linda