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The Cheap Detective
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The Cheap Detective

Jun 23, 1978
1h 32m
★ 6.3

He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.

Overview

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.

Genres

Comedy
Crime
Mystery

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures
EMI Films
Rastar Productions

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Cast

Peter Falk

Lou Peckinpaugh

Peter Falk

Ann-Margret

Jezebel Dezire

Ann-Margret

Eileen Brennan

Betty DeBoop

Eileen Brennan

Sid Caesar

Ezra Dezire

Sid Caesar

Stockard Channing

Bess

Stockard Channing

James Coco

Marcel

James Coco

Dom DeLuise

Pepe Damascus

Dom DeLuise

Louise Fletcher

Marlene DuChard

Louise Fletcher

John Houseman

Jasper Blubber

John Houseman

Madeline Kahn

Mrs. Montenegro

Madeline Kahn

Fernando Lamas

Paul DuChard

Fernando Lamas

Marsha Mason

Georgia Merkle

Marsha Mason

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