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The Cheap Detective

He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
Jun 23, 1978 · 1h 32m
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Comedy
Crime
Mystery

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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.

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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
Directed by Robert Moore

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Columbia Pictures, EMI Films, Rastar Productions
Country
US

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