Melvin White, a neurotic, accident-prone cop who gets demoted to the night shift, secretly moonlights as the Unknown Comic, an anonymous stand-up comedian who performs with a paper bag over his head. When someone using the same guise commits a string of bar robberies in town, some begin to suspect that White is the culprit.
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GoodWatch score 68November 16, 1984 · 1 h 27 min · R
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In the United States, Night Patrol streams on Prime, Philo, Cultpix, and Shout! Factory, and it is free with ads on The Roku, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Fawesome, Tubi TV, and Amazon MX Player. You can rent or buy it from Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 108 other countries.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 45 (IMDb 4.7).
Yes: the humor is mostly situational comedy (8 of 10) and slapstick (7 of 10).
4.7
