The Black Marble Movie

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The black marble movie.

He gets a new partner sgt. The black marble is an engaging cop drama that stands head and shoulders above others in this genre. 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. January 29 2004 full review.

It is based on the 1978 novel by joseph wambaugh. Pg 1h 53min comedy crime drama 7 march 1980 usa a romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers. Natalie zimmerman played by paula prentiss as a combination of sally kellerman and lucille ball. The black marble 1978 is i think joseph wambaugh s triumph.

Flag 1 like like see review. The black marble 1980 the black marble. 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. A dog trainer and groomer by profession the gambler decides to solve his problems by kidnapping for ransom a prize show dog.

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.