The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

6.3IMDb Score
Released:1978-06-23
Duration:92 min
Director:Robert Moore
Actors:Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing
Production:Columbia Pictures, EMI Films, Rastar Productions
Keywords:spoof

Overview:

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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