The Black Marble 1980

A dog trainer and groomer by profession the gambler decides to solve his problems by kidnapping for ransom a prize show dog.

The black marble 1980. Its elements beautiful in the book have no significance in this boring film. These two polar opposites wade their way through a seamy urban world of corruption and hopelessness. 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. Natalie zimmerman who s experiencing a midlife crisis and does not welcome valnikov s company.

Natalie zimmerman played by paula prentiss as a combination of sally kellerman and lucille ball. 1980 pg 1h 50m dvd. Based on the novel by joseph wambaugh this crime drama focuses less. Paula prentiss is awful.

Robert foxworth paula prentiss harry dean stanton mpaa rating. A jaded alcoholic police veteran is reluctantly assigned to work with an idealistic female police officer on his latest case. This is an example of why an author shouldn t write a screenplay for an adaptation of their own book. It is based on the 1978 novel by joseph wambaugh.

He gets a new partner sgt. The black marble is a 1980 mystery romantic comedy film directed by harold becker and starring robert foxworth paula prentiss and harry dean stanton. The black marble 1980 the black marble. Avco embassy pictures first date.

The black marble 1980 becker is a mess that falls flat on its face without the novel on which it is based. Synopsis by hal erickson adapted for the screen by novelist joseph wambaugh himself the black marble stars robert foxworth as a burned out hard drinking cop who is teamed with idealistic lady officer paula prentiss. 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.