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The Two Jakes

They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.

1990★ 6.0 · 2812h 17mCrimeMysteryThriller

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.

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Cast

Madeleine Stowe
as Lillian Bodine

Jack Nicholson
as J.J. "Jake" Gittes

Harvey Keitel
as Julius "Jake" Berman

James Hong
as Kahn

Faye Dunaway
as Evelyn Mulwray (voice)

Eli Wallach
as Cotton Weinberger

David Keith
as Det. Lt. Loach

Meg Tilly
as Kitty Berman

Tracey Walter
as Tyrone Otley

Tom Waits
as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)

Frederic Forrest
as Chuck Newty

Richard Farnsworth
as Earl Rawley

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Release date: 1990-08-10

Budget: $19,000,000

Revenue: $10,005,969

Runtime: 2h 17m

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CrimeMysteryThriller

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