The Cheap Detective (1978)
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.
Watch nowComedy, Crime, Mystery
Cast
- Peter Falk — Lou Peckinpaugh
- Ann-Margret — Jezebel Dezire
- Eileen Brennan — Betty DeBoop
- Sid Caesar — Ezra Dezire
- Stockard Channing — Bess
- James Coco — Marcel
- Dom DeLuise — Pepe Damascus
- Louise Fletcher — Marlene DuChard
- John Houseman — Jasper Blubber
- Madeline Kahn — Mrs. Montenegro
- Fernando Lamas — Paul DuChard
- Marsha Mason — Georgia Merkle
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