The Two Jakes (1990)

1990 · 137 min · Crime, Mystery, Thriller

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.

Directed by Jack Nicholson. Starring Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe and Eli Wallach.

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• Chinatown (1974) — Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California.
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• Blood and Wine (1996)
• The Border (1982)
• City of Industry (1997)
• Dead Again (1991)
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
• Bad Lieutenant (1992)

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