The Cheap Detective (1978)
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.
Directed by: Robert Moore
Top Billed Cast: Carmine Caridi, Zale Kessler, Jonathan Banks
Runtime: 92 minutes
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Peter Falk
Lou Peckinpaugh
Ann-Margret
Jezebel Dezire
Eileen Brennan
Betty DeBoop
Sid Caesar
Ezra Dezire
Stockard Channing
Bess
James Coco
Marcel
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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
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Emory Bass
Butler
Carmine Caridi
Sergeant Crosseti
James Cromwell
Schnell
Scatman Crothers
Tinker
David Ogden Stiers
Captain
Vic Tayback
Lieutenant DiMaggio
Carole Wells
Hat Check Girl
John Calvin
Qvicker
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Barry Michlin
Bandleader
Jonathan Banks
Cabbie
Lew Gallo
Cop
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Lee McLaughlin
Fat Man
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Zale Kessler
Courier
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Jerrold Ziman
Courier
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Wally K. Berns
Floyd Merkle
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Bella Bruck
Scrub Woman
Arthur Tovey
Old Husband
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Henry Sutton
Desk Clerk
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Maurice Marks
Doorman
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Joe Ross
Michel
