The Black Marble
directed by Harold Becker,
written by Joseph Wambaugh,
based on the novel by Joseph Wambaugh,
was released in the United States on
March 7, 1980.
Music by Maurice Jarre.
Robert
Foxworth, Paula Prentiss, Harry Dean Stanton, Barbara Babcock, John Hancock, Raleigh
Bond, Judy Landers, Pat Corley, Paul Henry Itkin, Richard Dix, Jorge Cervera
Jr., Marilyn Chris, Doris Belack, Dallas Alinder, Elizabeth Farley, Michael
Dudikoff, Lou Cutell, Anne Ramsey, Ion Teodorescu, Michael Hawkins, Lidia
Kristen, Tenaya Torres, Art Kassul, Robin Raymond, Billy Beck, Adele
Malis-Morey, Herta Ware, Jane Daly, F. Wilcock, Valery Klever, Natasha Plaksin,
Christopher Lloyd, James Woods, Bill Burns.
Recommended reading:
The Black Marble
By Joseph Wambaugh.
Published by Delacorte Press.
Published 1978.
Hardcover.
ISBN-10: 044000523X
ISBN-13: 978-0440005230
Description:
He is a damned good cop – a burned-out homicide detective wrapped around a Smith & Wesson .38 and a vodka bottle.
She is his partner – twice divorced, nursing a grudge against men, obsessed by the awful temptation of love.
“Terrifying … romantic … beautifully constructed.” – Los Angeles Times.
“Wambaugh sidesteps all the clichés … He has the ability to portray women as flesh-and-blood, thinking human beings.” – The Sun (Baltimore).
“First-rate … Fast, colorful, and gripping … as touching as it is breathlessly entertaining.” – Cosmopolitan.
“Superb . . . his best book!” – St. Louis Post-Dispatch.