The Cheap Detective (1978)
He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
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.
- Date of release
- 1978-06-23
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (110)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Director
- Robert Moore
Casting
- Peter Falk — Lou Peckinpaugh
- Ann-Margret — Jezebel Dezire
- Eileen Brennan — Betty DeBoop
- Sid Caesar — Ezra Dezire
- Stockard Channing — Bess
- James Coco — Marcel
- Dom DeLuise — Pepe Damascus
- Louise Fletcher — Marlene DuChard
- John Houseman — Jasper Blubber
- Madeline Kahn — Mrs. Montenegro
- Fernando Lamas — Paul DuChard
- Marsha Mason — Georgia Merkle
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