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The Cheap Detective
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The Cheap Detective

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

1978 · 1h 32m · PG   ·  Comedy, Crime, Mystery

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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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Peter Falk Peter Falk Lou PeckinpaughAnn-Margret Ann-Margret Jezebel DezireEileen Brennan Eileen Brennan Betty DeBoopSid Caesar Sid Caesar Ezra DezireStockard Channing Stockard Channing BessJames Coco James Coco MarcelDom DeLuise Dom DeLuise Pepe DamascusLouise Fletcher Louise Fletcher Marlene DuChardJohn Houseman John Houseman Jasper BlubberMadeline Kahn Madeline Kahn Mrs. MontenegroFernando Lamas Fernando Lamas Paul DuChardMarsha Mason Marsha Mason Georgia Merkle

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