

The Cheap Detective
Visit website6.2/10 • 87
1978-06-23 • 1h 32m
He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
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.
- Directors
- Robert Moore
- Writters
- Neil Simon
- Editors
- Neil Simon, Sidney Levin

The Cheap Detective
Visit website1978-06-23 • 1h 32m
6.2/10 • 87
He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
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.
- Directors
- Robert Moore
- Writters
- Neil Simon
- Editors
- Neil Simon, Sidney Levin
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsPeter 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
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- Original Language
- English
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- Keywords
- spoof