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The Cheap Detective was released on June 23, 1978.
The Cheap Detective was directed by Robert Moore.
The Cheap Detective has a runtime of 1h 32m.
The Cheap Detective was produced by Ray Stark.
Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk), the cheap detective has entered a world that is half Casablanca (1942) and half The Maltese Falcon (1941). A parody of Humphrey Bogart's movies in which Lou goes through a series of scenes from the two movies trying to keep ahead of the police who think he killed his partner and find the black bird.
The key characters in The Cheap Detective are Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk), Jezebel Dezire (Ann-Margret), Betty DeBoop (Eileen Brennan).
The Cheap Detective is rated PG.
The Cheap Detective is a Comedy, Mystery, Crime film.
The Cheap Detective has an audience rating of 5.7 out of 10.