The Cheap Detective

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6.293

PG

Genre: Comedy Crime Mystery
Release year: 1978
Running time: 92 min
Country: United States of America

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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Jonathan Banks
Cabbie
Peter Falk
Lou Peckinpaugh
Paul Williams
Boy
James Cromwell
Schnell
Stockard Channing
Bess
David Ogden Stiers
Captain
Ann-Margret
Jezebel Dezire
Madeline Kahn
Mrs. Montenegro

Patrick Williams
Original Music Composer
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
Ray Stark
Producer
Kathryn Blondell
Hairstylist
Joe DiBella
Makeup Artist
Neil Simon
Writer
Charles H. Schram
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