The Two Jakes

Directed by Jack Nicholson

With Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly, Madeleine Stowe and Eli Wallach

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.