The Cheap Detective
movie
He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
Released June 23, 1978
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.
Cast
Peter Falk
as
Lou Peckinpaugh
Ann-Margret
as
Jezebel Dezire
Eileen Brennan
as
Betty DeBoop
Sid Caesar
as
Ezra Dezire
Stockard Channing
as
Bess
James Coco
as
Marcel
Dom DeLuise
as
Pepe Damascus
Louise Fletcher
as
Marlene DuChard
John Houseman
as
Jasper Blubber
Madeline Kahn
as
Mrs. Montenegro
Fernando Lamas
as
Paul DuChard
Marsha Mason
as
Georgia Merkle
Crew
Robert Moore
as
Director
Neil Simon
as
Writer
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Stewart Levine
as
Music Supervisor
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Shirlee Strahm
as
Costume Assistant
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Charles Pierce
as
Set Decoration
Margaret Booth
as
Associate Producer
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Robert Luthardt
as
Production Design
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Michael A. Stevenson
as
Editor
Charles H. Schram
as
Makeup Supervisor
Theoni V. Aldredge
as
Costume Design
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Joe DiBella
as
Makeup Artist
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Sidney Levin
as
Editor