PG 1978 Comedy, Crime, Mystery

The Cheap Detective

Name: The Cheap Detective
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1978-06-23
Duration: 1 h 32 min
Cast: Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing

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

1h 32m 92 min

6.4/10

by Robert Moore

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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.