It is a near perfect crime novel.
The black marble.
Directed by harold becker.
The black marble is an engaging cop drama that stands head and shoulders above others in this genre.
With robert foxworth paula prentiss harry dean stanton barbara babcock.
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.
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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.
A dog trainer and groomer by profession the gambler decides to solve his problems by kidnapping for ransom a prize show dog.
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 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.
A romantic comedy which explores the pressures on police officers.