Now they're attracted to one another, but repelled by their ethnic origins, so that there was something to overcome. They had to overcome their own prejudices, which had been imposed by the culture - their own shame at being Mexican and Italian.

His former father-in-law is late actor John Payne star of the western series The Restless Gun. Robert has a brother Roger who is six years younger. Vazak with the script.

Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz; November 23 1934) is an American screenwriter and director.