The Cheap Detective 1978
He is versed in every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame, making him the ideal subject for a parody of 1940s pulp detectives. In this satirical San Francisco setting, private eye Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner, allegedly at the behest of his mistress—a woman who also happens to be the dead man’s wife. The film playfully skewers classic noir conventions.
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James Cromwell
Schnell
Eileen Brennan
Betty DeBoop
Louise Fletcher
Marlene DuChard
Scatman Crothers
Tinker
Dom DeLuise
Pepe Damascus
Peter Falk
Lou Peckinpaugh
Madeline Kahn
Mrs. Montenegro
Stockard Channing
Bess
Sid Caesar
Ezra Dezire
Jonathan Banks
Cabbie
David Ogden Stiers
Captain
John Houseman
Jasper Blubber
Paul Williams
Boy
Marsha Mason
Georgia Merkle
Abe Vigoda
Sergeant Rizzuto
Robert Moore
James Coco
Marcel
John Calvin
Qvicker
Lee McLaughlin
Fat Man
Nicol Williamson
Colonel Schlissel
Vic Tayback
Lieutenant DiMaggio
Phil Silvers
Hoppy
Zale Kessler
Courier
Carmine Caridi
Sgt. Crosseti
Lew Gallo
Cop
Fernando Lamas
Paul DuChard
Ann-Margret
Jezebel Dezire
Wally K. Berns
Floyd Merkle
Barry Michlin
Bandleader
Bella Bruck
Scrub Woman
Arthur Tovey
Old Husband
Carole Wells
Hat Check Girl
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