Robert MooreDirector
Peter FalkLou Peckinpaugh
Ann-MargretJezebel Dezire
Eileen BrennanBetty DeBoop
Sid CaesarEzra Dezire
Stockard ChanningBess
James CocoMarcel
Dom DeLuisePepe Damascus
Louise FletcherMarlene DuChard
John HousemanJasper Blubber
Madeline KahnMrs. Montenegro
Fernando LamasPaul DuChard
Marsha MasonGeorgia Merkle
The Cheap Detective
- comedy
- crime
- mystery
23 Jun 1978
6.3
4
1h 32min
He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
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.
