Along with "Chinatown," (1974) which starred Jack Nicholson as a private eye hired by Faye Dunaway to investigate her husband, Towne also wrote "Shampoo" (1975) starring Warren Beatty and "The ...

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Thus spake screenwriter Robert Towne to his then-girlfriend, Julie Payne, one night in 1970. And therein lies the seeds not only of “Chinatown” (1974), one of the greatest dark fables America ...

When Los Angeles private eye J.J. "Jake" Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is hired by Evelyn Mulwray to investigate her husband's activities, he believes it's a routine infidelity case. Jake's ...

Robert Towne, seen here in New York in 2014, has died at the age of 89. The Oscar-winning screenwriter of “Chinatown” also penned such films as “The Last Detail,” “Shampoo” and ...

#15. "Chinatown" (1974) May 4, 2017 May 4, 2017Updated May 4, 2017 0 Smart Rating: 95.63 Genre: Crime drama Starring: Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston ...

Writer-director Robert Towne, an Oscar winner for his original script for “Chinatown” and an acknowledged master of the art of screenwriting, has died. He was 89. Towne died Monday at his home ...