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movie
1978
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⏱ 1 h 32 min
PG
The Cheap Detective
He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
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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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Creators
Cast
Peter Falk
actor
Ann-Margret
actor
Eileen Brennan
actor
Sid Caesar
actor
Stockard Channing
actor
James Coco
actor
Dom DeLuise
actor
Louise Fletcher
actor
John Houseman
actor
Madeline Kahn
actor
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Fernando Lamas
actor
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Marsha Mason
actor
Phil Silvers
actor
Abe Vigoda
actor
Paul Williams
actor
Nicol Williamson
actor
Vic Tayback
actor
Scatman Crothers
actor
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Arthur Tovey
actor
David Ogden Stiers
actor
