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Bruce Robertson, a detective sergeant with the Edinburgh criminal investigation police, is eager to land the vacant detective inspector position. What he does best is running protection rackets, drinking free whisky, teasing his friends, doing cocaine, and "chasing" girls. But one day both his career and his life take a turn for the worse... Bruce's boss, Bob Toal, puts him in charge of investigating the murder of a Japanese student in an underpass. Besides Bruce, his colleagues from the CID also have their eyes on the inspector's post. Robertson uses every means at his disposal to eliminate his rivals, framing and humiliating them...