Film

The Two Jakes

1990 · 2h 17m · Crime · Mystery · Thriller

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

IMDb

6.1

Rotten Tomatoes

59%

Metacritic

56

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.

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

Perry Lopez

Captain Lou Escobar

Jeff Morris

Tilton

Rebecca Broussard

Gladys

Paul A. DiCocco Jr.

Liberty Levine

• Jack NicholsonDirector · Producer
• Robert TowneWriter
• Robert EvansProducer
• Harold SchneiderProducer
• Vilmos ZsigmondDirector of Photography
• Van Dyke ParksOriginal Music Composer
• Anne GoursaudEditor
• Terry LieblingCasting

The Two Jakes - Trailer

Release date

August 10, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 17m

Rated

R

Budget

$19,000,000

Revenue

$10,005,969

Genres

Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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