The Cheap Detective (1978) ★ 6.41h32

Name: The Cheap Detective
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1978
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing

Comedy · Crime · Mystery

Director Robert Moore

Also directed Murder by Death, Chapter Two, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and 2 more

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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Cast

Peter Falk
Ann-Margret
Eileen Brennan
Sid Caesar
Stockard Channing
James Coco
Dom DeLuise

The Cheap Detective (1978) ★ 6.41h32

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