Despite four Oscar-nominated screenplays, California native Robert Towne owes much of his reputation to his prowess as a pinch hitter, earning considerable respect as one of Hollywood's preeminent script doctors. Entering the business under the aegis of legendary schlockmeister Roger Corman, who discovered Jack Nicholson and him in Jeff Corey's acting class in the late 1950s, he scripted (and…
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