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Comedy / Crime / Mystery

The Cheap Detective

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

19781h 32mPG 6.4/ 10

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

  • 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

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