The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

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

June 23, 197892 min6.2EN
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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Eileen Brennan
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Sid Caesar
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Stockard Channing
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James Coco
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Dom DeLuise
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Louise Fletcher
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John Houseman
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Madeline Kahn
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