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The Cheap Detective (1978)  link to The Cheap Detective on IMDb  

Number: 3145

poster The Cheap Detective

IMDb Rating:
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6.5/10 (3597 votes)

Country: USA, 92 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, German

Genre(s): Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Mystery

Director(s): Robert Moore

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
Lou Peckinpaugh, the Cheap detective has entered a world that is half Casablanca and half Maltese Falcon. A parody of Bogart's films in which Lou goes through a series of scenes from the two movies trying to keep ahead of the police who think he killed his partner and find the black bird.

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Cast:

photo Peter Falk Peter Falk Lou Peckinpaugh
photo Ann-Margret Ann-Margret Jezebel Dezire
photo Eileen Brennan Eileen Brennan Betty DeBoop
photo Sid Caesar Sid Caesar Ezra Dezire
photo Stockard Channing Stockard Channing Bess

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3