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The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

1978/06/23 (US) | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

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.

1h 32m

6.3

  • Robert Moore

    Director

Lead Cast

  • Peter Falk

    Peter Falk

    Lou Peckinpaugh

  • Ann-Margret

    Ann-Margret

    Jezebel Dezire

  • Eileen Brennan

    Eileen Brennan

    Betty DeBoop

  • Sid Caesar

    Sid Caesar

    Ezra Dezire

  • Stockard Channing

    Stockard Channing

    Bess

  • James Coco

    James Coco

    Marcel

  • Dom DeLuise

    Dom DeLuise

    Pepe Damascus

Recommendations

Budget

$ 0

Revenue

$ 0

Status

Released

Production Company

  • Columbia Pictures
  • EMI Films
  • Rastar Productions

Crews

  • Neil Simon

    Writer

  • Stewart Levine

    Music Supervisor

  • Shirlee Strahm

    Costume Assistant

  • Charles Pierce

    Set Decoration

  • Margaret Booth

    Associate Producer

  • Robert Luthardt

    Production Design

  • Michael A. Stevenson

    Editor