The Black Marble 1980

Paula prentiss is awful.

The black marble 1980.

These two polar opposites wade their way through a seamy urban world of corruption and hopelessness. 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 director. The black marble 1980 becker is a mess that falls flat on its face without the novel on which it is based.

This is an example of why an author shouldn t write a screenplay for an adaptation of their own book. A jaded alcoholic police veteran is reluctantly assigned to work with an idealistic female police officer on his latest case. Pg 1h 53min comedy crime drama 7 march 1980 usa a romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers. Based on the novel by joseph wambaugh this crime drama focuses less.

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 played by paula prentiss as a combination of sally kellerman and lucille ball. It is based on the 1978 novel by joseph wambaugh. A dog trainer and groomer by profession the gambler decides to solve his problems by kidnapping for ransom a prize show dog.

Natalie zimmerman who s experiencing a midlife crisis and does not welcome valnikov s company. When alcoholic homicide investigator valnikov is transferred to a burglary case that seems to involve a creepy dogcatcher he s also given a new partner the pragmatic 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. Avco embassy pictures first date.

Its elements beautiful in the book have no significance in this boring film. 1980 pg 1h 50m dvd. Robert foxworth paula prentiss harry dean stanton mpaa rating.