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The Cheap Detective

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

6.4(105 votes)Jun 23, 19781h 32mReleased
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Mystery

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.

Director: Robert Moore

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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

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    Dom DeLuise

    Pepe Damascus

  • Louise Fletcher

    Marlene DuChard

  • John Houseman

    Jasper Blubber

  • Madeline Kahn

    Mrs. Montenegro

  • Fernando Lamas

    Paul DuChard

  • Marsha Mason

    Georgia Merkle

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