''Midnight Cop'' (german: Killing Blue) is a 1988 drama film directed by

Peter Patzak Peter Patzak (2 January 1945 – 11 March 2021) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He directed 60 films from 1973 to 2021. His film '' Kassbach – Ein Porträt'' was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival and his ...

, made in Germany.

Plot

The film, which has many humorous moments, is set in Berlin, and concerns a burnt-out (and somewhat corrupt) police detective Alex Glass (

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), and his glamorous new assistant, Shirley May (), who are on the trail of a drug ring, the leader of which, Miskowski (

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), is suspected of several murders. First is a 16-year old ballet dancer Ines Berger (Constanze Rahn) who has been killed with a heroin overdose. The second is Monica (

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), stepdaughter of his old friend, police prosecutor Michael Carstens (

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). Each victim has been smeared with

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, leading Glass to assume a common culprit. He drops his attitude of detached disinterest. During a clandestine meeting, Carstens stabs Miskowski, who has been blackmailing him. Glass, unaware of his friend's involvement, spreads the misinformation that Miskowski is recovering in hospital. Carstens falls for the ploy, but has a plausible explanation for being at the hospital. Glass and Miskowski's assistant, prostitute Lisa Osterman (Morgan Fairchild), develop a loving relationship, and he gets her to tell Carstens she has the original negatives of Miskowski's blackmail photographs. A rendezvous is arranged and this time Carstens is trapped by Glass's men.

Home media

The 3:2 film, with its German dialogue dubbed into English, was distributed in Australia by Showtime DVD as a two-for-one PAL disc entitled "Action", along with ''

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'' starring

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and

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Notes and references

{{Reflist 1988 films Films directed by Peter Patzak Films shot in Berlin 1980s German-language films

Plot

Home media

See also

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