Comedy ·Crime ·Mystery · United States of America · 1978 · 1h 32m

The Cheap Detective

Director

Cast

Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh Ann-Margret as Jezebel Dezire Eileen Brennan as Betty DeBoop Sid Caesar as Ezra Dezire Stockard Channing as Bess James Coco as Marcel

Crew

John A. Alonzo — Director of Photography Michael A. Stevenson — Editor Sidney Levin — Editor Patrick Williams — Original Music Composer Neil Simon — Writer Ray Stark — Producer

Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

spoof

Key Collaborators

Robert Moore Director John A. Alonzo Director of Photography Michael A. Stevenson Editor Sidney Levin Editor Patrick Williams Original Music Composer Neil Simon Writer Ray Stark Producer Robert Luthardt Production Design Theoni V. Aldredge Costume Design

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