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The Cheap Detective

1978 "He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book."
6.4| 1h32m| PG| en| Comedy, Crime
Storyline

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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  • The Cheap Detective Cast
Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh
Ann-Margret as Jezebel Dezire
Eileen Brennan as Betty DeBoop
Sid Caesar as Ezra Dezire
Stockard Channing as Bess
James Coco as Marcel
Dom DeLuise as Pepe Damascus
Louise Fletcher as Marlene DuChard
John Houseman as Jasper Blubber

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