Peter Falk
Lou Peckinpaugh
The Cheap Detective
“He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.”
1978
1h 32m
Director: Robert Moore
Writer: Neil Simon
Overview
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.
Cast
20 people
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