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Robert Towne

Robert Towne

American screenwriter, producer, director and actor
November 23, 1934 (89 years old)
U.S. 2006. Sentimental drama by Robert Towne with Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Donald Sutherland. In Los Angeles during the Depression, an Italian-American writer in need of inspiration falls in love with a Mexican waitress.
Runtime: 117 min.
U.S. 2000. Spy drama by John Woo with Tom Cruise, Thandiwe Newton, Dougray Scott. A secret agent fights a renegade spy who has stolen a deadly virus that he threatens to spread over the city of Sydney.
Runtime: 123 min.
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U.S. 1998. Biography by Robert Towne with Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter. The career of American long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine, who made his mark in the early 1970s.
Runtime: 118 min.
U.S. 1996. Spy drama by Brian De Palma with Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart.
Runtime: 110 min.
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U.S. 1993. Thriller by Sydney Pollack with Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman. Newly employed at a prestigious law firm, a young man discovers that his bosses are doing business with the mafia.
Runtime: 154 min.
U.S. 1990. Crime drama by Jack Nicholson with Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly. A private detective tries to unravel a dark murder case involving one of his clients.
Runtime: 138 min.
U.S. 1988. Crime drama by Robert Towne with Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell. A narcotics detective keeps tabs on an old friend who may be connected to a mysterious Mexican criminal.
Runtime: 116 min.
G.-B. 1983. Adventures by Hugh Hudson with Christophe Lambert, Andie MacDowell, Ian Holm. Raised in the African jungle by a guenon, an orphan from an aristocratic family is brought home by a Belgian explorer.
Runtime: 130 min.
U.S. 1982. Sports drama by Robert Towne with Mariel Hemingway, Patrice Donnelly, Scott Glenn. A love affair develops between two young women who are training to run and participate in the 1976 Olympic Games.
Runtime: 128 min.
U.S. 1974. Crime drama by Sydney Pollack with Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Keiko Kishi. An American ex-police officer travels to Japan to find a friend's daughter kidnapped by a criminal clan.
Runtime: 112 min.
U.S. 1974. Crime drama by Roman Polanski with Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston. In 1930s Los Angeles, a private investigator who was hired to tail someone discovers strange goings-on.
Runtime: 130 min.
U.S. 1973. Dramatic comedy by Hal Ashby with Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid. Two sailors in charge of taking a young seaman to prison take a liking to him.
Runtime: 103 min.
U.S. 1968. Adventures by Buzz Kulik with Yul Brynner, Robert Mitchum, Charles Bronson. An American adventurer offers his services as an airplane pilot to a revolutionary leader in Mexico.
Runtime: 125 min.

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