The Cheap Detective
- He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
- 1978-06-23
- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Lew Gallo, Eileen Brennan, Scatman Crothers, David Ogden Stiers, Bella Bruck, John Calvin, Fernando Lamas, Jonathan Banks, Madeline Kahn, Marsha Mason, Abe Vigoda, Arthur Tovey, James Cromwell, Nicol Williamson, Carmine Caridi, Peter Falk, Vic Tayback, Dom DeLuise, Louise Fletcher, John Houseman, Ann-Margret, Stockard Channing, Barry Michlin, Phil Silvers, Sid Caesar, James Coco, Lee McLaughlin, Zale Kessler, Carole Wells, Wally K. Berns
- 1 h. 32 min.
- 6.3/10
- 90
- United States of America
- Columbia Pictures, EMI Films, Rastar Productions
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.