Night Patrol is a 1984 American comedy film starring Linda Blair, Pat Paulsen, Andrew Dice Clay, Billy Barty, and Murray Langston.
The actor Murray Langston, who portrayed Melvin White, acted as his usual stage persona The Unknown Comic within the film.
[2] Melvin White is an inept policeman who is demoted to night patrol by his pathologically lying captain, who has excessive flatulence.
White and Lane get involved in various situations that include a couple parked in front of a fire hydrant, people smoking marijuana which they join in, and a male rape victim with a high-pitched voice.
Things become more complicated for White when a thief begins to rob bars at gunpoint while disguised as The Unknown Comic.
Night Patrol was the second film directed by Jackie Kong, who co-wrote the script with Murray Langston, William A. Levey and Bill Osco.
[1] The actor Murray Langston, who portrayed Melvin White, acted as his real-life "The Unknown Comic" persona within the film.
[1] Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote a positive review, stating, "Though the humor is strictly for the stag-party crowd, which isn't discriminating, the performances have a good, low-burlesque style to them".
[8] Richard Christiansen of the Chicago Tribune also gave a negative review: "Night Patrol appears to have been made by subnormal persons weaned on Blazing Saddles, Animal House and Police Academy".