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The Cheap Detective

06/23/1978

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1hr 32min

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Comedy

,Crime

,Mystery

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

STORY

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

    Cast

  • Peter Falk
  • Ann-Margret
  • Eileen Brennan
  • Sid Caesar
  • Stockard Channing

    Director

  • Robert Moore

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Columbia Pictures
  • EMI Films
  • Rastar Productions

    Production Countries

  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • German

Cast

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

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