With robert foxworth paula prentiss harry dean stanton barbara babcock.
The black marble.
The black marble 1978 is i think joseph wambaugh s triumph.
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.
A romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers.
It is a near perfect crime novel.
This is only the second book i have read by this author as i always assumed his books would be quite gory not sure where i got that idea from but in actual fact they are laugh out loud funny.
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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 revolves around a drunk detective valnikov his new partner s efforts to get him sacked and his investigation into a dognapping.
Directed by harold becker.