Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Linda Blair | ... | Officer Sue Perman | |
Pat Paulsen | ... | Officer Kent Lane | |
Jaye P. Morgan | ... | Kate Parker | |
Jack Riley | ... | Doctor Ziegler | |
Billy Barty | ... | Captain Lewis | |
Murray Langston | ... | Officer Melvin White / The Unknown Comic | |
Pat Morita | ... | Rape Victim | |
Sydney Lassick | ... | Peeping Tom (as Sidney Lassick) | |
Kent Perkins | ... | Tex | |
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Roxanne Osco | ... | Kicking Girl (as Roxanne Cybelle) |
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Joe Battaglia | ... | Bum |
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Lori Sutton | ... | Edith Hutton |
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Mik One | ... | Press Agent |
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Alex Folks | ... | Leroy's Bartender |
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Patrie Allen | ... | Officer Judy |
Melvin is a pathetic loser of a motorcycle cop who gets demoted to working the night shift as a punishment for his constant screw-ups. During his off-duty time, however, Melvin turns to his secret obsession: comedy. He puts a paper bag over his head and performs in front of audiences as "The Unknown Comic". Unable to balance his two lives, he seeks psychiatric help to try and resolve who he really wants to be. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
Make no mistake, Night Patrol is a mix of juvenile stupidity and toilet humor.
Maybe that's why I liked it so much.
Comedy of this nature doesn't ask much of your brain. Your age and/or sense of humor fills in the blanks. Even years down the road some pretty funny segments stand up. On a shoestring budget and featuring the likes of The Unknown Comic from the 80's (who? yeah, exactly), Pat Paulsen, Linda Blair and a few other familiar faces, the whole thing isn't trying to be anything it's not. Sure you could say it was riding the coat tails of the 80's Police Academy screwball cop genre, but it does it way cruder and funnier than anything Guttenberg and Co. ever did. Night Patrol has it's own camp style.
I was pretty young when I first seen this (no surprise there), but even in my older age, it still ranks as one of my favorite comedies. Sure, some of it is dated, doesn't hold up well, but some things are classic shtick. Bodily function jokes, boobs, a The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly parody, more boobs, etc. I'm not going to attempt to sell this movie to you. Don't like it? You know why. If you like it, you already know why. The humor is raw, crude, and lastly, funny.