The ending of Chinatown sees Jake Gittes piecing together the web of conspiracy weaved by Noah Cross (John Huston). Jake discovers it was Cross who murdered Hollis Mulwray (Darrell Zwerling ...

Even if you have never seen "Chinatown" you are probably familiar ... L.A.'s water lead by John Huston's ruthless businessman Noah Cross, who happens to be Evelyn's father. Entering the picture ...

It’s Chinatown.” There is nothing to do in the ... CBS Photo Archive/CBS/Getty Images Even Noah Cross’s most heinous acts, his sexual assault of Evelyn, and his disturbing desire to bring ...

Jack Nicholson starred as Jake, a private investigator, with John Huston as Noah Cross, a millionaire in on the water scheme, and more. Here's a scene. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "CHINATOWN") JACK ...

Noah Cross (played by John Huston), the auditorium was utterly silent. The Watergate scandal, which would ultimately force Nixon to resign the presidency, was nearing its final act when Chinatown ...

John Huston and Jack Nicholson in “Chinatown” Paramount “When David and I first started talking we agreed we wouldn’t try to replicate Noah Cross,” Towne says about the villain of the ...

Now on its 50th anniversary, let’s look back at the awards run of “Chinatown” – written ... personified by the antagonist Noah Cross played by John Huston, the wealthy father of Evelyn ...

but Chinatown is more interested in the nature of evil—and the inevitability of its triumph. The film’s villain is not a simple Mulholland stand-in, but Noah Cross: an industrialist who more ...

Chinatown was directed by Roman Polanski and ... embodied by Evelyn's ruthless father, Noah Cross (John Huston). Influenced by the fiction of Raymond Chandler, Towne resurrected the menace and ...

Towne, who died July 1, was nominated for an Oscar in 1974 for his screenplay for The Last Detail, and won the Academy Award in 1975 for his screenplay for Chinatown. Originally broadcast in 1988.