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#19 Box Office Hit of 1978

The Cheap Detective (1978)

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

Overview

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

    Peter Falk

  • Ann-Margret

    Jezebel Dezire

    Ann-Margret

  • Eileen Brennan

    Betty DeBoop

    Eileen Brennan

  • Sid Caesar

    Ezra Dezire

    Sid Caesar

  • Stockard Channing

    Bess

    Stockard Channing

  • James Coco

    Marcel

    James Coco

  • Dom DeLuise

    Pepe Damascus

    Dom DeLuise

  • Louise Fletcher

    Marlene DuChard

    Louise Fletcher

  • John Houseman

    Jasper Blubber

    John Houseman

  • Madeline Kahn

    Mrs. Montenegro

    Madeline Kahn

  • Fernando Lamas

    Paul DuChard

    Fernando Lamas

  • Marsha Mason

    Georgia Merkle

    Marsha Mason

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