Killing Blue (1988)

Police Commissioner Alex Glass has been twisted into a sarcastic cynic by the hard luck story that is his life and by his daily contact with the criminals of Berlin's underground. His new ... See full summary »

Director:

Peter Patzak

Writers:

Julia Kent, Paul Nicholas,

Stars:

Armin Mueller-Stahl, Morgan Fairchild, Frank Stallone

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Armin Mueller-Stahl	...	Inspector Alex Glass
Morgan Fairchild	...	Lisa
Frank Stallone	...	Jack Miskowski
Julia Kent	...	Shirley May
Monica Bleibtreu	...	(as Monika Bleibtreu)
Allegra Curtis
Michael York	...	Karstens
Harvey Friedman
Gert 'Kralle' Krawinkel	...	(as Gert Krawinkel)
Constanze Saskia Rahn
Josef Sumner	...	(as Joe Sumner)
Christobal Parke
Gerd Grzesczak
Ludger Pistor
Hans Martin Stier	...	(as Martin Stier)

Storyline

Police Commissioner Alex Glass has been twisted into a sarcastic cynic by the hard luck story that is his life and by his daily contact with the criminals of Berlin's underground. His new assistant, Shirly Mai, is an attractive and conscientious woman who embodies a quality of virtue that her boss gave up a long time ago. They have both been assigned to solve a series of gruesome murders that have been taking place in Berlin's drug and prostitution ganglands. The prime suspect is George Miskowski, a pusher who supplies Berlin's brothels and hookers with cocaine and heroin.

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Plot Keywords:

police | drugs | murder | pantyhose | female stockinged legs | 

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Country:

West Germany

Language:

English German

Release Date:

3 November 1988 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Midnight Cop

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

K.S. Film, Lisa-Film, Roxy Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Inspector Alex Glass: I want this report in 23 hours - because *everybody* says "24 hours"!

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Soundtracks

"Save Your Love"
Performed by Chris Thompson

User Reviews

What a waste

I'm sure I must have seen a worse movie (though nothing comes to mind right now), but I've never seen a movie that was a bigger waste of talent. The script is barely coherent -- it's difficult to tell what relationship the characters have to one another -- and the director seems to have absent from the set for most of the filming. Put Armin Mueller-Stahl, Michael York and Monika Bleibtreu together and you could have an award-winning production. Instead we have ...well, let's be charitable and say that a couple of times Mueller-Stahl manages to break away from the truly awful writing and make Inspector Alex Glass into a *two-dimensional* character. Nobody else can even get past one. Yes, it really IS that bad.