The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective
Release: 1978-06-23
·Runtime: 92m
·★ 6.3
Comedy
Crime
Mystery
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
EMI Films
Rastar Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Eileen Brennan
as Betty DeBoop
James Coco
as Marcel
Dom DeLuise
as Pepe Damascus
Abe Vigoda
as Sergeant Rizzuto
Paul Williams
as Boy
Fernando Lamas
as Paul DuChard
Vic Tayback
as Lieutenant DiMaggio
Carmine Caridi
as Sgt. Crosseti
James Cromwell
as Schnell
Marsha Mason
as Georgia Merkle
Ann-Margret
as Jezebel Dezire
Madeline Kahn
as Mrs. Montenegro
Lew Gallo
as Cop
Peter Falk
as Lou Peckinpaugh
Stockard Channing
as Bess
Carole Wells
as Hat Check Girl
Jonathan Banks
as Cabbie
Louise Fletcher
as Marlene DuChard
John Houseman
as Jasper Blubber
Nicol Williamson
as Colonel Schlissel
Scatman Crothers
as Tinker
Sid Caesar
as Ezra Dezire
Arthur Tovey
as Old Husband
David Ogden Stiers
as Captain
Phil Silvers
as Hoppy
John Calvin
as Qvicker
