The Cheap Detective

"He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book."

Jun 23 1978 PG 1h 32m
Comedy, Crime, Mystery

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Neil Simon

Directed by

Robert Moore

Cast

Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures, EMI Films, Rastar Productions

Languages

English, Deutsch

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
The Cheap Detective (Theatrical Trailer)
Scores
# of Votes
6,426
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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