The Two Jakes
- Released on
- Runtime
- 137 mins
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.
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
- 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
Director
- Jack Nicholson
Producers
- Harold Schneider
- Jack Nicholson
- Robert Evans
