The Cheap Detective
Summary:
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 (Marsha Mason). Police Lieutenant DiMaggio (Vic Tayback) has his eye on Lou and blunders around in a way whic... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Peter Falk - (Lou Peckinpaugh)
Ann-Margret - (Jezebel Dezire)
Eileen Brennan - (Betty DeBoop)
Sid Caesar - (Ezra Dezire)
Stockard Channing - (Bess)
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Review:
Most of Neil Simon's work is in what might be termed traditional comedy, but in the mid-'70s, he made a couple of detours into parody, as in The Cheap Detective. Though not a classic film, it's a nice change of pace for Simon, and played into the then-current trend toward spoofing film genres (e.g., Young Frankenstein, Blazing Sadd... Continue >>
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