The Cheap Detective
He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
6.4(103) 1978-06-23 92 minComedyCrimeMystery
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
as Lou Peckinpaugh
Ann-Margret
as Jezebel Dezire
Eileen Brennan
as Betty DeBoop
Sid Caesar
as Ezra Dezire
Stockard Channing
as Bess
James Coco
as Marcel
Dom DeLuise
as Pepe Damascus
Louise Fletcher
as Marlene DuChard
John Houseman
as Jasper Blubber
Madeline Kahn
as Mrs. Montenegro
Fernando Lamas
as Paul DuChard
Marsha Mason
as Georgia Merkle
Phil Silvers
as Hoppy
Abe Vigoda
as Sergeant Rizzuto
Paul Williams
as Boy
Nicol Williamson
as Colonel Schlissel
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Emory Bass
as Butler
Carmine Caridi
as Sergeant Crosseti
James Cromwell
as Schnell
Scatman Crothers
as Tinker
David Ogden Stiers
as Captain
Vic Tayback
as Lieutenant DiMaggio
Carole Wells
as Hat Check Girl
John Calvin
as Qvicker
