The Cheap Detective (1978)

US:: PG Comedy Crime Mystery Thriller

Spoofing the entire 1940s detective genre, and his own performances as a bumbling private detective, Peter Falk plays Lou Pekinpaugh, a San Francisco private detective accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress, the partner's wife, Georgia Merkle.

Updated May 10 2020

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1978-06-23

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Runtime: 92 mins Rating: 6.6 Tag Line: Who dunnit? This time it's Neil Simon who's really dunnit.

Cast

Peter Falk

Lou Peckinpaugh

Abe Vigoda

Sergeant Rizzuto

Dom DeLuise

Pepe Damascus

Louise Fletcher

Marlene DuChard

Scatman Crothers

Tinker

Stockard Channing

Bess

Sid Caesar

Ezra Dezire

John Houseman

Jasper Blubber