The Cheap Detective
He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
1978 en 92 minutes
Rating: 6.39
Plot
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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Cast
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
John Houseman
Jasper Blubber
Madeline Kahn
Mrs. Montenegro
Fernando Lamas
Paul DuChard
Marsha Mason
Georgia Merkle
Phil Silvers
Hoppy
Abe Vigoda
Sergeant Rizzuto
Paul Williams
Boy
Nicol Williamson
Colonel Schlissel
Emory Bass
Butler
Carmine Caridi
Sergeant Crosseti
James Cromwell
Schnell
Scatman Crothers
Tinker
David Ogden Stiers
Captain
Vic Tayback
Lieutenant DiMaggio
Carole Wells
Hat Check Girl
John Calvin
Qvicker
Barry Michlin
Bandleader
Jonathan Banks
Cabbie
Lew Gallo
Cop
Lee McLaughlin
Fat Man
Zale Kessler
Courier
Jerrold Ziman
Courier
Wally K. Berns
Floyd Merkle
Bella Bruck
Scrub Woman
Arthur Tovey
Old Husband
Henry Sutton
Desk Clerk
Maurice Marks
Doorman
Joe Ross
Michel
Dean Perry
Cab Driver
George Rondo
Cab Driver
Ronald L. Schwary
Cab Driver
Louis H. Kelly
Croupier #1
Charles Bastin
Croupier #2
Armando Gonzales
Bartender
Gary L. Dyer
Man in Crusades Bar
SW Fisher
Man in Crusades Bar
Laurie Hagen
Elegant Lady
Lee Menning
Elegant Lady
Nancy Warren
Elegant Lady
Nancy Marlowe Coyne
Lady of the Night
Lynn Griffis
Lady of the Night
Paula Friel
Military Wife
Sheila Cisco
Military Wife
Lauren Simon
Military Wife
Cindy Lang
Navy Wife
Tina Ritt
Army Wife
David Matthau
Military Man
Gary Alexander
Dancer
Michele Bernath
Dancer
George Simmons
Reporter
Joree Sirianni
Cigarette Girl
Cornell Chulay
German Singer
