The Cheap Detective
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.
Cast
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
Fernando Lamas
Paul DuChard
Marsha Mason
Georgia Merkle
Phil Silvers
Hoppy
Abe Vigoda
Sergeant Rizzuto
Paul Williams
Boy
Nicol Williamson
Colonel Schlissel
Emory Bass
Butler
Carmine Caridi
Sergeant Crosseti
James Cromwell
Schnell
Scatman Crothers
Tinker
Details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Languages
- English, German
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- —
- Age rating
- PG
- Quality
- 4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
- Production
- Columbia PicturesEMI FilmsRastar Productions
Crew
Director
Robert Moore
Writers
Neil Simon
Michael A. Stevenson
Editor
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
Patrick Williams
Original Music Composer
Sidney Levin
Editor
Robert Luthardt
Production Design
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design
