The Two Jakes (1990)
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.
Director: Jack Nicholson
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Jack Nicholson as J.J. "Jake" Gittes |
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Harvey Keitel as Julius "Jake" Berman |
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Meg Tilly as Kitty Berman |
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Madeleine Stowe as Lillian Bodine |
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Eli Wallach as Cotton Weinberger |
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Rubén Blades as Mickey Nice |
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Frederic Forrest as Chuck Newty |
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David Keith as Det. Lt. Loach |
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Richard Farnsworth as Earl Rawley |
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Tracey Walter as Tyrone Otley |
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Joe Mantell as Lawrence Walsh |
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James Hong as Kahn |
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Perry Lopez as Captain Lou Escobar |
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Jeff Morris as Tilton |
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Rebecca Broussard as Gladys |
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Paul A. DiCocco Jr. as Liberty Levine |
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John Hackett as Mark Bodine |
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Rosie Vela as Linda |
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Allan Warnick as Rippey |
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Susan Forristal as Delores |
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Will Tynan as Judge Dettmer |
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Van Dyke Parks as Francis Hannah |
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William Duffy as Desk Sergeant |
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Sue Carlton as Mattie Rawley |
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Don McGovern as Bartender |
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Luana Anders as Florist |
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Dean Hill as Cop with Parrot |
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Pia Grønning as Dr. Elsa Branchauer |
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John Herman Shaner as Saul |
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Michael Shaner as Benny |
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Lee Weaver as Caddy #1 |
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Malek Abdul-Mansour as Caddy #2 |
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Kenneth Cervi as Prowler |
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Annie Marshall as Client with Dog |
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Ian Thorpe as Errol Flynn Look-alike |
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Collette Northrop as Cigarette / Hat Check Girl |
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Patricia Durham as Clarissa |
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Randi Ingerman as Lana |
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Joy Wayman as Lady Asleep |
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Bob George as Bar Maitre D' |
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Suzanne Mitchell as The Redhead |
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Alan Chaffin as Bar Manager |
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Wyn Costello as Black Eye Woman |
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Lisa Croisette as Actress at Max Factor |
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Jessica Z. Diamond as Receptionist |
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Scott Flynn as Golf Advisor |
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Benard Ihgner as Singer at Green Parrot |
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Earl Palmer as Green Parrot Band |
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Simeon Pillich as Green Parrot Band |
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Herman Riley as Green Parrot Band |
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Faye Dunaway as Evelyn Mulwray (voice) |
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Tom Waits as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited) |
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Paulie DiCocco as Liberty Levine (uncredited) |
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James Ent as Bailiff (uncredited) |
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Jeffery Thomas Johnson as Golfer (uncredited) |
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Dwight F. Lay as Man Getting Shoeshine (uncredited) |
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Tereza Rizzardi as Woman at Max Factor (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jack Nicholson | Director |
| Camera | Vilmos Zsigmond | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Anne Goursaud | Editor |
| Writing | Robert Towne | Writer |
| Production | R. Blaine Currier | Associate Producer |
| Production | Alan Finkelstein | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Van Dyke Parks | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Terry Liebling | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Toni-Ann Walker | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brad Wilder | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joy Zapata | Hairstylist |
| Writing | Robert Towne | Characters |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ray Sebastian | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Harold Schneider | Producer |
| Production | Jack Nicholson | Producer |
| Production | Robert Evans | Producer |
| Art | Jeremy Railton | Production Design |
| Art | Richard Sawyer | Production Design |
| Art | Richard Schreiber | Art Direction |
| Art | Jerry Wunderlich | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wayne A. Finkelman | Costume Design |
| Sound | Julia Evershade | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Hoeren | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Robert J. Litt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Bob Newlan | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Art Rochester | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Greg P. Russell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Elliot Tyson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |