Midnight Cop
Midnight Cop is a 1988 drama film directed by Peter Patzak, made in Germany.
Plot
The film, which has many humorous moments, is set in Berlin, and concerns a burnt-out police detective Alex Glass, and his glamorous new assistant, Shirley May, who are on the trail of a drug ring, the leader of which, Miskowski, is suspected of several murders.First is a 16-year old ballet dancer Ines Berger who has been killed with a heroin overdose. The second is Monica, stepdaughter of his old friend, police prosecutor Michael Carstens. Each victim has been smeared with Vaseline, 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, 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.