The Cheap Detective (1978)
6.3|23 Jun, 1978|92 min
He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
6.3|23 Jun, 1978|92 min
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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.
Keywords
spoof
Casts
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
Phil Silvers
Hoppy
Abe Vigoda
Sergeant Rizzuto
Paul Williams
Boy
Nicol Williamson
Colonel Schlissel
Vic Tayback
Lieutenant DiMaggio
Scatman Crothers
Tinker
Arthur Tovey
Old Husband
David Ogden Stiers
Captain
Carole Wells
Hat Check Girl
John Calvin
Qvicker
Barry Michlin
Bandleader
Jonathan Banks
Cabbie
Lew Gallo
Cop
Lee McLaughlin
Fat Man
Zale Kessler
Courier
Wally K. Berns
Floyd Merkle
Bella Bruck
Scrub Woman
Carmine Caridi
Sgt. Crosseti
James Cromwell
Schnell
Crews
Robert Moore
Director
Neil Simon
Writer
Stewart Levine
Music Supervisor
Shirlee Strahm
Costume Assistant
Michael A. Stevenson
Editor
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
Jennifer Shull
Casting
Margaret Booth
Associate Producer
Ray Stark
Producer
Patrick Williams
Original Music Composer
Sidney Levin
Editor
Joe DiBella
Makeup Artist
Robert Luthardt
Production Design
Charles Pierce
Set Decoration
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design
Kathryn Blondell
Hairstylist
Phillip Bennett
Art Direction
Charles H. Schram
Makeup Supervisor
Backdrops & Posters
