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The Cheap Detective (1978)

Directed by Robert Moore

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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.

Rated PG | Length 92 minutes

Actors

Peter Falk | Ann-Margret | Eileen Brennan | Sid Caesar | Stockard Channing | James Coco | Dom DeLuise | Louise Fletcher | John Houseman | Madeline Kahn | Fernando Lamas | Marsha Mason | Phil Silvers | Abe Vigoda | Paul Williams | Nicol Williamson | Vic Tayback | Scatman Crothers | Arthur Tovey | David Ogden Stiers | Carole Wells | John Calvin | Barry Michlin | Jonathan Banks | Lew Gallo | Lee McLaughlin | Zale Kessler | Wally K. Berns | Bella Bruck | Carmine Caridi | James Cromwell