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The Two Jakes

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

CrimeMysteryThriller

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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Jack NicholsonHarvey KeitelMeg TillyMadeleine StoweEli WallachRubén BladesFrederic ForrestDavid KeithRichard FarnsworthTracey WalterJoe MantellJames Hong

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Jack Nicholson

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