The Two Jakes

They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.

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

Writer

Robert Towne

Producer

Harold Schneider

Producer

Jack Nicholson

Producer

Robert Evans

Original Music Composer

Van Dyke Parks

Director of Photography

Vilmos Zsigmond