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The Cheap Detective

1978 · Robert Moore · 92 min

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

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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6.4/10Rating on TMDBFrom The Movie Database113 votesTMDB
Peter FalkLou PeckinpaughAnn-MargretJezebel DezireEileen BrennanBetty DeBoopSid CaesarEzra DezireStockard ChanningBessJames CocoMarcelDom DeLuisePepe DamascusLouise FletcherMarlene DuChardJohn HousemanJasper BlubberMadeline KahnMrs. MontenegroFernando LamasPaul DuChardMarsha MasonGeorgia MerklePhil SilversHoppyAbe VigodaSergeant RizzutoPaul WilliamsBoy

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Peter FalkLou PeckinpaughAnn-MargretJezebel DezireEileen BrennanBetty DeBoopSid CaesarEzra DezireStockard ChanningBessJames CocoMarcelDom DeLuisePepe DamascusLouise FletcherMarlene DuChardJohn HousemanJasper BlubberMadeline KahnMrs. MontenegroFernando LamasPaul DuChardMarsha MasonGeorgia MerklePhil SilversHoppyAbe VigodaSergeant RizzutoPaul WilliamsBoy

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