The Two Jakes 1990

Synopsis

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 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

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