The Cheap Detective 1978

Synopsis

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.

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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

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