Movie Details

Title

The Cheap Detective

Overview

Spoofing the entire 1940s detective genre, and his own performances as a bumbling private detective, Peter Falk plays Lou Pekinpaugh, a San Francisco private detective accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress, the partner's wife, Georgia Merkle.

Runtime

1 h 32 min

Release Date

23 June 1978

Actors

Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing, James Coco, Dom DeLuise, Louise Fletcher, John Houseman, Madeline Kahn, Fernando Lamas, Marsha Mason, Phil Silvers, Abe Vigoda, Paul Williams, Vic Tayback, Scatman Crothers, Arthur Tovey, David Ogden Stiers, Vic Tayback, Carole Wells, John Calvin, Barry Michlin, Jonathan Banks, Lew Gallo, Lee McLaughlin, Zale Kessler, Wally K. Berns, Bella Bruck, Nicol Williamson, Carmine Caridi

Certification

PG

Genres

Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Mystery

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