The Two Jakes (1990)
They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.
137 min
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.
- Release date
- December 12, 1991
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $19,000,000
- Box office
- $10,005,969
Trailer
Cast
- Jack Nicholson as Jake Gittes
- Harvey Keitel as Jake Berman
- Meg Tilly as Kitty Berman
- Madeleine Stowe as Lillian Bodine
- Eli Wallach as Cotton Weinberger
- Rubén Blades as Mickey Nice
- Frederic Forrest as Newty
- David Keith as Loach
- Richard Farnsworth as Earl Rawley
- Tracey Walter as Tyrone Otley
Crew
- Jack Nicholson · Director
- Robert Towne · Writer
- Robert Evans · Producer
- Harold Schneider · Producer
- Van Dyke Parks · Composer
- Vilmos Zsigmond · Cinematographer
- Anne Goursaud · Editor
- Terry Liebling · Casting director
- Jeremy Railton · Production designer
- Richard Sawyer · Production designer