The black marble revolves around a drunk detective valnikov his new partner s efforts to get him sacked and his investigation into a dognapping.
The black marble.
It is a near perfect crime novel.
With robert foxworth paula prentiss harry dean stanton barbara babcock.
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.
The black marble is a 1980 mystery romantic comedy film directed by harold becker and starring robert foxworth paula prentiss and harry dean stanton.
A romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers.
The black marble is an engaging cop drama that stands head and shoulders above others in this genre.
The black marble 1978 is i think joseph wambaugh s triumph.
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.
It is based on the 1978 novel by joseph wambaugh.
Directed by harold becker.