The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective (1978)

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

Comedy Crime Mystery

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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  • Release Date: 1978-06-23
  • Runtime: 1h 32min
  • Director: Robert Moore

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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

  • Fernando Lamas

    Paul DuChard

  • Marsha Mason

    Georgia Merkle

  • Phil Silvers

    Hoppy

  • Abe Vigoda

    Sergeant Rizzuto

  • Paul Williams

    Boy

  • Nicol Williamson

    Colonel Schlissel

  • Vic Tayback

    Lieutenant DiMaggio

  • Scatman Crothers

    Tinker

  • Arthur Tovey

    Old Husband

  • David Ogden Stiers

    Captain

  • Carole Wells

    Hat Check Girl

  • John Calvin

    Qvicker

  • Barry Michlin

    Bandleader

  • Jonathan Banks

    Cabbie

  • Lew Gallo

    Cop

  • Lee McLaughlin

    Fat Man

  • Zale Kessler

    Courier

  • Wally K. Berns

    Floyd Merkle

  • Bella Bruck

    Scrub Woman

  • Carmine Caridi

    Sgt. Crosseti

  • James Cromwell

    Schnell

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