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
Phil Silvers
as Hoppy
Paul Williams
as Boy
David Ogden Stiers
as Captain
Carole Wells
as Hat Check Girl
John Calvin
as Qvicker
Sid Caesar
as Ezra Dezire
James Coco
as Marcel
Madeline Kahn
as Mrs. Montenegro
Vic Tayback
as Lieutenant DiMaggio
Scatman Crothers
as Tinker
James Cromwell
as Schnell
Dom DeLuise
as Pepe Damascus
Fernando Lamas
as Paul DuChard
Marsha Mason
as Georgia Merkle
Eileen Brennan
as Betty DeBoop
Abe Vigoda
as Sergeant Rizzuto
Arthur Tovey
as Old Husband
Peter Falk
as Lou Peckinpaugh
Ann-Margret
as Jezebel Dezire
Nicol Williamson
as Colonel Schlissel
Lew Gallo
as Cop
Stockard Channing
as Bess
Louise Fletcher
as Marlene DuChard
John Houseman
as Jasper Blubber
Jonathan Banks
as Cabbie
Carmine Caridi
as Sgt. Crosseti
