The Cheap Detective

Name: The Cheap Detective
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1978-06-23
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 6.4

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

6.4 / 10 (110 votes)

Overview

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.

Release Date June 23, 1978

Runtime 92 min

Genres Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Status Released

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Columbia Pictures

EMI Films

Rastar Productions

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Top Billed Cast

Peter Falk Lou Peckinpaugh

Ann-Margret Jezebel Dezire

Eileen Brennan Betty DeBoop

Sid Caesar Ezra Dezire

Stockard Channing Bess

James Coco Marcel

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