Jun 23, 1978
92 min
Full-HD

The Cheap Detective (1978)

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.

Category

Comedy Crime Mystery

Country

United States of America

Companies

Columbia Pictures EMI Films Rastar Productions

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

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