The Cheap Detective
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.
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, EMI Films, Rastar Productions
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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
Crew
- Director
- Robert Moore
- Writers
- Neil Simon
- Producers
- Ray Stark
- Cinematography
- John A. Alonzo
- Composer
- Patrick Williams
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