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The Cheap Detective

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

6.4 average rating
★★★★★
6.4
English / 92 MIN. / 1978

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Peter FalkAnn-MargretEileen BrennanSid CaesarStockard ChanningJames CocoDom DeLuiseLouise FletcherJohn HousemanMadeline KahnFernando LamasMarsha MasonPhil SilversAbe VigodaPaul WilliamsNicol WilliamsonEmory BassCarmine CaridiJames CromwellScatman CrothersDavid Ogden StiersVic TaybackCarole WellsJohn CalvinBarry MichlinJonathan BanksLew GalloLee McLaughlinZale KesslerJerrold ZimanWally K. BernsBella BruckArthur ToveyHenry SuttonMaurice MarksJoe RossDean PerryGeorge RondoRonald L. SchwaryLouis H. KellyCharles BastinArmando GonzalesGary L. DyerSW FisherLaurie HagenLee MenningNancy WarrenNancy Marlowe CoyneLynn GriffisPaula FrielSheila CiscoLauren SimonCindy LangTina RittDavid MatthauGary AlexanderMichele BernathGeorge SimmonsJoree SirianniCornell Chulay

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