Movie • 1978
The Cheap Detective
He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
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ComedyCrimeMysteryFeel GoodDarkPlot Twist Heavy
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A Comedy, Crime pick with a strong audience-favorite — Filmistani Score 69.
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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.
Cast
Peter Falk
Lou Peckinpaugh
Ann-Margret
Jezebel Dezire
Eileen Brennan
Betty DeBoop
Sid Caesar
Ezra Dezire
Stockard Channing
Bess
James Coco
Marcel
Dom DeLuise
Pepe Damascus
Louise Fletcher
Marlene DuChard
John Houseman
Jasper Blubber
Madeline Kahn
Mrs. Montenegro
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