The Cheap Detective (1978)
He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Peter Falk
as Lou Peckinpaugh
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Ann-Margret
as Jezebel Dezire
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Eileen Brennan
as Betty DeBoop
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Sid Caesar
as Ezra Dezire
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Stockard Channing
as Bess
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James Coco
as Marcel
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Dom DeLuise
as Pepe Damascus
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Louise Fletcher
as Marlene DuChard
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John Houseman
as Jasper Blubber
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Madeline Kahn
as Mrs. Montenegro
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Fernando Lamas
as Paul DuChard
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Marsha Mason
as Georgia Merkle
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Phil Silvers
as Hoppy
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Abe Vigoda
as Sergeant Rizzuto
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Paul Williams
as Boy
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Nicol Williamson
as Colonel Schlissel
- Emory Bass as Butler
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Carmine Caridi
as Sergeant Crosseti
Crew
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Robert Moore
Director
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John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
- Sidney Levin Editor
- Michael A. Stevenson Editor
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Patrick Williams
Original Music Composer
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Ray Stark
Producer
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Neil Simon
Writer
