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Cop Winterstein (Siegfried Rauch) wanted to blow up a conterfeit ring all on his own - and got killed in broad daylight for trying. Investigating the murder, inspector Derrick (Horst Tappert) and his assistant Harry Klein (Fritz Wepper) find out that Winterstein had help from retired cop Euler (Karl John), but Euler isn't willing to give up all that much information, as apparently he wants to avenge the murder of Winterstein on his own. Derrick figures to get a grip on the counterfeiting world, it's best to have someone on the inside - so they have incarcerated counterfeiter Schenke (Horst Frank) released early to be their eyes and ears. And Schenke wastes no time re-establishing himself in the scene, taking a room in one of the best hotels in town and throwing a big party, with counterfeiters from all over town coming. Thing is, they don't fully trust him, and ultimately it's his own girlfriend (Barbara Nielsen) who betrays him and gets him killed - but not before he spills the beans to Derrick, ginving him a clue that leads via a street musician to counterfeiter Duktus (Helmut Käutner) ... at whose place he's lured into a trap though, but saved in the nick of time by of all people Euler.

Of course, Horst Frank is usually a joy to watch, and he most certainly doesn't disappoint here. But the episode as a whole is actually pretty silly, from the wannabe lone wolf cop to the street musician who gives counterfeiters and their buyers directions during his public performances, from Derrick having released a counterfeiter without any guarantees to that counterfeiter been given beans to spill even though nobody trusts him. And then there's plenty of cloak-and-dagger stuff (usually not the series' style) in this episode that really seems to only serve its own purpose and mostly remains unresolved. Add to that Herbert Reinecker's limited ability to write believable characters and you're left with a mess - a mess that's amusing though (if for mostly the wrong reasons), especially if seen through a nostalgic lense of course.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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