The Two Jakes

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.

Cast

Jack Nicholson

J.J. "Jake" Gittes

Harvey Keitel

Julius "Jake" Berman

Meg Tilly

Kitty Berman

Madeleine Stowe

Lillian Bodine

Eli Wallach

Cotton Weinberger