The Cheap Detective

movie

1h 32min

1978

Comedy

Crime

Mystery

Description

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.

Actors

Peter Falk

Lou Peckinpaugh

Ann-Margret

Jezebel Dezire

Eileen Brennan

Betty DeBoop

Sid Caesar

Ezra Dezire

Stockard Channing

Bess

James Coco

Marcel

Dom DeLuise

Pepe Damascus

Louise Fletcher

Marlene DuChard

John Houseman

Jasper Blubber

Madeline Kahn

Mrs. Montenegro

Crew

Robert Moore

director

Neil Simon

writer

Ray Stark

producer

Patrick Williams

composer

John A. Alonzo

cinematographer

Sidney Levin

editor

Michael A. Stevenson

editor

Jennifer Shull

casting director

Robert Luthardt

production designer

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