The Two Jakes

Directed by Jack Nicholson
1990    2h 17m    R
Mystery, Crime, Drama,
6.163%39%
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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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Cast of The Two Jakes
  • Jack NicholsonJ.J. "Jake" Gittes
  • Harvey KeitelJulius "Jake" Berman
  • Meg TillyKitty Berman
  • Madeleine StoweLillian Bodine
  • Eli WallachCotton Weinberger
  • Rubén BladesMickey Nice
  • Frederic ForrestChuck Newty
  • David KeithDet. Lt. Loach
  • Richard FarnsworthEarl Rawley
  • Tracey WalterTyrone Otley
  • Joe MantellLawrence Walsh
  • James HongKahn
  • Perry LopezCaptain Lou Escobar
  • Jeff MorrisTilton
  • Rebecca BroussardGladys
  • Paul A. DiCocco Jr.Liberty Levine
  • John HackettMark Bodine
  • Rosie VelaLinda
  • Allan WarnickRippey
  • Susan ForristalDelores
  • Will TynanJudge Dettmer
  • Van Dyke ParksFrancis Hannah
  • William DuffyDesk Sergeant
  • Sue CarltonMattie Rawley
  • Don McGovernBartender
  • Luana AndersFlorist
  • Dean HillCop with Parrot
  • Pia GrønningDr. Elsa Branchauer
  • John Herman ShanerSaul
  • Michael ShanerBenny
  • Lee WeaverCaddy #1
  • Malek Abdul-MansourCaddy #2
  • Kenneth CerviProwler
  • Annie MarshallClient with Dog
  • Ian ThorpeErrol Flynn Look-alike
  • Collette NorthropCigarette / Hat Check Girl
  • Patricia DurhamClarissa
  • Randi IngermanLana
  • Joy WaymanLady Asleep
  • Bob GeorgeBar Maitre D'
  • Suzanne MitchellThe Redhead
  • Alan ChaffinBar Manager
  • Wyn CostelloBlack Eye Woman
  • Lisa CroisetteActress at Max Factor
  • Jessica Z. DiamondReceptionist
  • Scott FlynnGolf Advisor
  • Benard IhgnerSinger at Green Parrot
  • Earl PalmerGreen Parrot Band
  • Simeon PillichGreen Parrot Band
  • Herman RileyGreen Parrot Band
  • Faye DunawayEvelyn Mulwray (voice)
  • Tom WaitsPlainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
  • Paulie DiCoccoLiberty Levine (uncredited)
  • James EntBailiff (uncredited)
  • Jeffery Thomas JohnsonGolfer (uncredited)
  • Dwight F. LayMan Getting Shoeshine (uncredited)
  • Fred MoonOffice Worker (uncredited)
  • Tereza RizzardiWoman at Max Factor (uncredited)
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