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The Cheap Detective (1978)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Robert Moore
  • Profile picture of Peter Falk
    Lou Peckinpaugh Peter Falk
  • Profile picture of Ann-Margret
    Jezebel Dezire Ann-Margret
  • Profile picture of Eileen Brennan
    Betty DeBoop Eileen Brennan
  • Profile picture of Sid Caesar
    Ezra Dezire Sid Caesar
  • Profile picture of Stockard Channing
    Bess Stockard Channing
  • Profile picture of James Coco
    Marcel James Coco
  • Profile picture of Dom DeLuise
    Pepe Damascus Dom DeLuise
  • Profile picture of Louise Fletcher
    Marlene DuChard Louise Fletcher

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Keywords

  • spoof