Jack Nicholson
J.J. "Jake" Gittes
The Two Jakes
“They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.”
1990
2h 17m
Director: Jack Nicholson
Writer: Robert Towne
Overview
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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