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The Two Jakes (1990)
Directed by Jack Nicholson
Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 137 minutes
Actors
Jack Nicholson | Harvey Keitel | Meg Tilly | Madeleine Stowe | Eli Wallach | Rubén Blades | Frederic Forrest | David Keith | Richard Farnsworth | Tracey Walter | Joe Mantell | James Hong | Perry Lopez | Jeff Morris | Rebecca Broussard | Paul A. DiCocco Jr. | John Hackett | Rosie Vela | Allan Warnick | Susan Forristal | Will Tynan | Van Dyke Parks | William Duffy | Sue Carlton | Don McGovern | Luana Anders | Dean Hill | Pia Grønning | John Herman Shaner | Michael Shaner | Lee Weaver | Malek Abdul-Mansour | Kenneth Cervi | Annie Marshall | Ian Thorpe | Collette Northrop | Patricia Durham | Randi Ingerman | Joy Wayman | Bob George | Suzanne Mitchell | Alan Chaffin | Wyn Costello | Lisa Croisette | Jessica Z. Diamond | Scott Flynn | Benard Ihgner | Earl Palmer | Simeon Pillich | Herman Riley | Faye Dunaway | Tom Waits | Paulie DiCocco | James Ent | Jeffery Thomas Johnson | Dwight F. Lay | Fred Moon | Tereza Rizzardi