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The Cheap Detective (1978)

ALL 06/23/1978 (en) Comedy, Crime, Mystery 92 Min
  • Release
    06/23/1978
  • Production
    Columbia Pictures, EMI Films, Rastar Productions
  • Rotten tomato
    62%
  • Original title
    The Cheap Detective
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Robert Moore

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Ray Stark

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Peter Falk

    Lou Peckinpaugh

  2. Ann-Margret

    Jezebel Dezire

  3. Eileen Brennan

    Betty DeBoop

  4. Sid Caesar

    Ezra Dezire

  5. Stockard Channing

    Bess

  6. James Coco

    Marcel

  7. Dom DeLuise

    Pepe Damascus

  8. Louise Fletcher

    Marlene DuChard

  9. John Houseman

    Jasper Blubber

  10. Madeline Kahn

    Mrs. Montenegro

  11. Fernando Lamas

    Paul DuChard

  12. Marsha Mason

    Georgia Merkle

  13. Phil Silvers

    Hoppy

  14. Abe Vigoda

    Sergeant Rizzuto

  15. Paul Williams

    Boy

  16. Nicol Williamson

    Colonel Schlissel

  17. Vic Tayback

    Lieutenant DiMaggio

  18. Scatman Crothers

    Tinker

  19. Arthur Tovey

    Old Husband

  20. David Ogden Stiers

    Captain

  21. Carole Wells

    Hat Check Girl

  22. John Calvin

    Qvicker

  23. Barry Michlin

    Bandleader

  24. Jonathan Banks

    Cabbie

  25. Lew Gallo

    Cop

  26. Lee McLaughlin

    Fat Man

  27. Zale Kessler

    Courier

  28. Wally K. Berns

    Floyd Merkle

  29. Bella Bruck

    Scrub Woman

  30. Carmine Caridi

    Sgt. Crosseti

  31. James Cromwell

    Schnell

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 31 , Crews : 18

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The Cheap Detective (1978) 92 Min

ALL 06/23/1978 (en)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
  • Release 06/23/1978
  • Production
    Columbia Pictures, EMI Films, Rastar Productions
  • Original title The Cheap Detective
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Robert Moore

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Michael A. Stevenson, Sidney Levin

    Editor

  4. Ray Stark

    Producer



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