On this day in movie history - The Black Marble (1980):

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.

Cast:

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 (1978):

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.