The Cheap Detective
- Comedy
- Crime
- Mystery
6/23/1978
92
PG
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.
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Peter FalkLou Peckinpaugh
Ann-MargretJezebel Dezire- Eileen BrennanBetty DeBoop
- Sid CaesarEzra Dezire
- Stockard ChanningBess
- James CocoMarcel
- Dom DeLuisePepe Damascus
- Louise FletcherMarlene DuChard
- John HousemanJasper Blubber
- Madeline KahnMrs. Montenegro
- Fernando LamasPaul DuChard
- Marsha MasonGeorgia Merkle
- Phil SilversHoppy
- Abe VigodaSergeant Rizzuto
- Paul WilliamsBoy
- Nicol WilliamsonColonel Schlissel