The Two Jakes

1990·137'

Jack Nicholson

ThrillerCrimeMystery

United States · EN - English

Letterboxd TMDB #32669

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.

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