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The Cheap Detective
Running Time: 92 min.
MPAA Rating: PG
Box Office: / $19,203,000
Produced By: / Columbia Pictures

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... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Peter Falk (Lou Peckinpaugh) Ann-Margret (Jezebel Dezire) Eileen Brennan (Betty DeBoop) Sid Caesar (Ezra Dezire) All Cast & Crew >> 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 the ... Continue >>

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