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The Cheap Detective

Name: The Cheap Detective
Director: Robert Moore
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1978-06-23
Cast: Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing

ComedyCrimeMystery

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 FalkAnn-MargretEileen BrennanSid CaesarStockard ChanningJames CocoDom DeLuiseLouise FletcherJohn HousemanMadeline KahnFernando LamasMarsha Mason

Director

Robert Moore

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