The Two Jakes (1990)2h17
Crime · Mystery · Thriller
Director Jack Nicholson
Also directed Goin' South, Drive, He Said
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
Harvey Keitel
Meg Tilly
Madeleine Stowe
Eli Wallach
Rubén Blades
Frederic Forrest
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