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The Two Jakes (1990)
Directed by Jack Nicholson
“They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.”
Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 2h 17m
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
Crew
- Director
- Jack Nicholson
- Writer
- Robert Towne
- Director of Photography
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Original Music Composer
- Van Dyke Parks
- Editor
- Anne Goursaud
- Producer
- Harold Schneider, Jack Nicholson, Robert Evans
Details
- Release date
- 1990-08-10
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures
- Budget
- $19,000,000
- Box office
- $10,005,969