The Black Marble Movie

Natalie zimmerman played by paula prentiss as a combination of sally kellerman and lucille ball.

The black marble movie.

Pg 1h 53min comedy crime drama 7 march 1980 usa a romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers. It is based on the 1978 novel by joseph wambaugh. The black marble centers around several days in the life of a los angeles police sergeant named valnikov robert foxworth an incurably romantic russian who has been drinking too much since his partner s suicide. The characters are so deep and true the humour is totally human the situations are tense desperate and awful but that sick sense of humour of wambaugh s works so well.

January 29 2004 full review. The black marble synopsis busted detective robert foxworth and policewoman paula prentiss track schnauzer. The black marble 1980 the black marble. The black marble tells the story of a cash strapped gambler harry dean stanton who is in deep trouble with his bookie and who gets in deeper when bets the wrong way on the actual historical super bowl xiii.

Flag 1 like like see review. A dog trainer and groomer by profession the gambler decides to solve his problems by kidnapping for ransom a prize show dog. He gets a new partner sgt. The black marble 1978 is i think joseph wambaugh s triumph.

The black marble is an engaging cop drama that stands head and shoulders above others in this genre.