The Cheap Detective

6.3 (89 reviews)

92 minutes

1978

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.

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

Phil Silvers

Hoppy

Abe Vigoda

Sergeant Rizzuto

Paul Williams

Boy

The Cheap Detective

Cast

Peter Falk

Ann-Margret

Eileen Brennan

Sid Caesar

Stockard Channing

James Coco

Dom DeLuise

Louise Fletcher

John Houseman

Madeline Kahn

Fernando Lamas

Marsha Mason

Phil Silvers

Abe Vigoda

Paul Williams

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