The Two Jakes

1990 137 min Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance

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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IMDb 6.1 RT 59 Metacritic 56

budget $19,000,000 earnings $10,005,969 return 0.5x

director Jack Nicholson

writer Robert Towne

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