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Film / 1990
The Two Jakes
Directed by
Jack Nicholson
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.
The story
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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The Jake Gittes Collection
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Cast
Jack NicholsonJ.J. "Jake" Gittes
Harvey KeitelJulius "Jake" Berman
Meg TillyKitty Berman
Madeleine StoweLillian Bodine
Eli WallachCotton Weinberger
Rubén BladesMickey Nice
Frederic ForrestChuck Newty
David KeithDet. Lt. Loach
Richard FarnsworthEarl Rawley
Tracey WalterTyrone Otley
Joe MantellLawrence Walsh
James HongKahn
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Perry LopezCaptain Lou Escobar
Jeff MorrisTilton
Rebecca BroussardGladys
Paul A. DiCocco Jr.Liberty Levine
John HackettMark Bodine
Rosie VelaLinda
Allan WarnickRippey
Susan ForristalDelores
Will TynanJudge Dettmer
Van Dyke ParksFrancis Hannah
William DuffyDesk Sergeant
Sue CarltonMattie Rawley
Don McGovernBartender
Luana AndersFlorist
Dean HillCop with Parrot
Pia GrønningDr. Elsa Branchauer
John Herman ShanerSaul
Michael ShanerBenny
Lee WeaverCaddy #1
Malek Abdul-MansourCaddy #2
Kenneth CerviProwler
Annie MarshallClient with Dog
Ian ThorpeErrol Flynn Look-alike
Collette NorthropCigarette / Hat Check Girl
Patricia DurhamClarissa
Randi IngermanLana
Joy WaymanLady Asleep
Bob GeorgeBar Maitre D'
Suzanne MitchellThe Redhead
Alan ChaffinBar Manager
Wyn CostelloBlack Eye Woman
Lisa CroisetteActress at Max Factor
Jessica Z. DiamondReceptionist
Scott FlynnGolf Advisor
Benard IhgnerSinger at Green Parrot
Earl PalmerGreen Parrot Band
Simeon PillichGreen Parrot Band
Herman RileyGreen Parrot Band
Faye DunawayEvelyn Mulwray (voice)
Tom WaitsPlainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Paulie DiCoccoLiberty Levine (uncredited)
James EntBailiff (uncredited)
Jeffery Thomas JohnsonGolfer (uncredited)
Dwight F. LayMan Getting Shoeshine (uncredited)
Tereza RizzardiWoman at Max Factor (uncredited)
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