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

Lou Peckinpaugh

Peter Falk

Jezebel Dezire

Ann-Margret

Betty DeBoop

Eileen Brennan

Ezra Dezire

Sid Caesar

Bess

Stockard Channing

Marcel

James Coco

Pepe Damascus

Dom DeLuise

Marlene DuChard

Louise Fletcher

Jasper Blubber

John Houseman

Mrs. Montenegro

Madeline Kahn

Paul DuChard

Fernando Lamas

Georgia Merkle

Marsha Mason

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