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The Cheap Detective (1978)

Film · 1978 · 92 min · PG · Comedy · Crime · Mystery

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.

Directed by Robert Moore

Starring Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing, James Coco, Dom DeLuise, Louise Fletcher

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In cinemas23 June 1978
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First release anywhere23 June 1978

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