The Cheap Detective

June. 23,1978      PG
Rating:
6.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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
Madeline Kahn as  Mrs. Montenegro

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