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The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective (1978)

13+ 1978-06-23 • Comedy, Crime, Mystery • 1h 32m
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He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.

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.

Robert Moore
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Released
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Top Billed Cast

Peter Falk
Peter Falk
Lou Peckinpaugh
Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret
Jezebel Dezire
Eileen Brennan
Eileen Brennan
Betty DeBoop
Sid Caesar
Sid Caesar
Ezra Dezire
Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing
Bess
James Coco
James Coco
Marcel
Dom DeLuise
Dom DeLuise
Pepe Damascus
Louise Fletcher
Louise Fletcher
Marlene DuChard
John Houseman
John Houseman
Jasper Blubber
Madeline Kahn
Madeline Kahn
Mrs. Montenegro

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