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The Two Jakes

Name: The Two Jakes
Director: Jack Nicholson
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1990-08-10
Duration: 137 min
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe, Eli Wallach

19902h 17m★ 6.0Released

CrimeMysteryThriller

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

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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.