
The Cheap Detective
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.
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About The Cheap Detective
- Directors
- Robert Moore
- Cast
- Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing, James Coco
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Content rating
- PG
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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