Released
The Two Jakes
August 10 1990 (over 34 years ago)Rating
60
Based on
230 reviews
They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.
- Director: Jack Nicholson
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Runtime: 2 h 17 m
- Budget: $19,000,000
- Box office: $10,005,969
- Country: United States of America
- Company: Paramount Pictures
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.
