The Black Marble 1980

Natalie zimmerman who s experiencing a midlife crisis and does not welcome valnikov s company.

The black marble 1980.

He gets a new partner sgt. This is an example of why an author shouldn t write a screenplay for an adaptation of their own book. Based on the novel by joseph wambaugh this crime drama focuses less. A jaded alcoholic police veteran is reluctantly assigned to work with an idealistic female police officer on his latest case.

Natalie zimmerman played by paula prentiss as a combination of sally kellerman and lucille ball. 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. Robert foxworth paula prentiss harry dean stanton mpaa rating. 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.

Avco embassy pictures first date. 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 becker is a mess that falls flat on its face without the novel on which it is based. These two polar opposites wade their way through a seamy urban world of corruption and hopelessness.

It is based on the 1978 novel by joseph wambaugh. 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. Pg 1h 53min comedy crime drama 7 march 1980 usa a romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers. Its elements beautiful in the book have no significance in this boring film.

The black marble director. 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 1980 the black marble.