

The Cheap Detective
1978 • 1h 32m • Comedy, Crime, Mystery
53%Rotten Tomatoes
He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
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.
- Director
- Robert Moore
- Writers
- Neil Simon
- Status
- Released
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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

Fernando Lamas
Paul DuChard

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