The Cheap Detective

Directed by Robert Moore
1978    1h 32m    PG
Comedy, Thriller, Crime,
6.453%57%
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Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk), the cheap detective has entered a world that is half Casablanca (1942) and half The Maltese Falcon (1941). A parody of Humphrey Bogart's movies in which Lou goes through a series of scenes from the two movies trying to keep ahead of the police who think he killed his partner and find the black bird.
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Cast of The Cheap Detective
  • Peter FalkLou Peckinpaugh
  • Ann-MargretJezebel Dezire
  • Eileen BrennanBetty DeBoop
  • Sid CaesarEzra Dezire
  • Stockard ChanningBess
  • James CocoMarcel
  • Dom DeLuisePepe Damascus
  • Louise FletcherMarlene DuChard
  • John HousemanJasper Blubber
  • Madeline KahnMrs. Montenegro
  • Fernando LamasPaul DuChard
  • Marsha MasonGeorgia Merkle
  • Phil SilversHoppy
  • Abe VigodaSergeant Rizzuto
  • Paul WilliamsBoy
  • Nicol WilliamsonColonel Schlissel
  • Vic TaybackLieutenant DiMaggio
  • Scatman CrothersTinker
  • Arthur ToveyOld Husband
  • David Ogden StiersCaptain
  • Carole WellsHat Check Girl
  • John CalvinQvicker
  • Barry MichlinBandleader
  • Jonathan BanksCabbie
  • Lew GalloCop
  • Lee McLaughlinFat Man
  • Zale KesslerCourier
  • Wally K. BernsFloyd Merkle
  • Bella BruckScrub Woman
  • Carmine CaridiSgt. Crosseti
  • James CromwellSchnell
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