A WILD, WICKED DETECTIVE STORY as only Joseph Wambaugh could tell it!

JOSEPH WAMBAUGH'S DONE IT AGAIN. But he has never done it like this.

The Black Marble" is a motion picture different than anything JOSEPH WAMBAUGH has ever written.


They're two cops on each others case.


Pragmatic Sgt. Natalie Zimmermann is paired with Valnikov, a romantic detective of Russian origin who is going through a midlife crisis. They fall in love while solving the case of the kidnapping of a socialite's pet dog

Release Date: March 7, 1980

Distrib: Avco Embassy

Boxoffice: $2,500,000

After the disastrous 1977 Universal release of Joseph Wambaugh's THE CHOIRBOYS , the author vowed to produce the next group of movies based on his novels. The first , THE ONION FIELD was released by Avco Embassy in September 1979 and the 2nd , THRE BLACK MARBLE came 7 months later-also thru Avco Embassy.

Both films were highly acclaimed -and both should have garnered Oscar nominations for
James Woods in THE ONION FIELD and Paula Prentiss in THE BLACK MARBLE. Unfortunately, as acclaimed as they were, both films together grossed less than the reviled THE CHOIRBOYS.

Trivia: Of the critics reviews listed below which one has something in relation to THE BLACK MARBLE other than the review?

Which other author of Best Selling novels also took on the producing role in the next film based on their novel after the first film was laughed at by critics -but was a major hit?

What is the movie she produced of her work that flopped ?