The black marble director.
The black marble 1980.
Pg 1h 53min comedy crime drama 7 march 1980 usa a romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers.
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.
The black marble is a 1980 mystery romantic comedy film directed by harold becker and starring robert foxworth paula prentiss and harry dean stanton.
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.
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.
1980 pg 1h 50m dvd.
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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.
He gets a new partner sgt.
Paula prentiss is awful.
Its elements beautiful in the book have no significance in this boring film.
Natalie zimmerman played by paula prentiss as a combination of sally kellerman and lucille ball.
The black marble 1980 the black marble.
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.