The Cheap Detective

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

1978
1 hr 31 min
6.4 (112)
Released

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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Description

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

1978
Runtime

1 hr 31 min
Language

en
Rating

6.4 (112)

Genres

Comedy Crime Mystery
Director

Robert Moore
Cast

Peter Falk
Ann-Margret
Eileen Brennan
Sid Caesar
Stockard Channing
James Coco
Dom DeLuise
Louise Fletcher
John Houseman
Madeline Kahn
Fernando Lamas
Marsha Mason
Phil Silvers
Abe Vigoda
Paul Williams
Nicol Williamson
Emory Bass
Carmine Caridi
James Cromwell
Scatman Crothers
David Ogden Stiers
Vic Tayback
Carole Wells
John Calvin
Barry Michlin
Jonathan Banks
Lew Gallo
Lee McLaughlin
Zale Kessler
Jerrold Ziman
Wally K. Berns
Bella Bruck
Arthur Tovey
Henry Sutton
Maurice Marks
Joe Ross
Dean Perry
George Rondo
Ronald L. Schwary
Louis H. Kelly
Charles Bastin
Armando Gonzales
Gary L. Dyer
SW Fisher
Laurie Hagen
Lee Menning
Nancy Warren
Nancy Marlowe Coyne
Lynn Griffis
Paula Friel
Sheila Cisco
Lauren Simon
Cindy Lang
Tina Ritt
David Matthau
Gary Alexander
Michele Bernath
George Simmons
Joree Sirianni
Cornell Chulay