HDIMDb 6.3 ↗1978

The Cheap Detective (1978)

Name: The Cheap Detective
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1978
Cast: Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing

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.

Cast

Peter Falk,Ann-Margret,Eileen Brennan,Sid Caesar,Stockard Channing,James Coco,Dom DeLuise,Louise Fletcher,John Houseman,Madeline Kahn...

Genres

Comedy Crime Mystery

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United States of America

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