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The Cheap Detective

Title
The Cheap Detective (2024)
The Cheap Detective
Year
2024
Catalog
IMDB
Rating
6.4 from 10 with total 46 votes
Premiere
1978-06-23
Runtime
92 minutes
Description
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.
Cast

Peter Falk character Lou Peckinpaugh

Ann-Margret character Jezebel Dezire

Eileen Brennan character Betty DeBoop

Sid Caesar character Ezra Dezire

Stockard Channing character Bess

James Coco character Marcel

Dom DeLuise character Pepe Damascus

Louise Fletcher character Marlene DuChard

John Houseman character Jasper Blubber

Madeline Kahn character Mrs. Montenegro

Fernando Lamas character Paul DuChard

Marsha Mason character Georgia Merkle

Phil Silvers character Hoppy

Abe Vigoda character Sergeant Rizzuto

Paul Williams character Boy

Vic Tayback character Lieutenant DiMaggio

Scatman Crothers character Tinker

Arthur Tovey character Old Husband

David Ogden Stiers character Captain

Carole Wells character Hat Check Girl

John Calvin character Qvicker

Barry Michlin character Bandleader

Jonathan Banks character Cabbie

Lew Gallo character Cop

Lee McLaughlin character Fat Man

Zale Kessler character Courier

Wally K. Berns character Floyd Merkle

Bella Bruck character Scrub Woman

Nicol Williamson character Colonel Schlissel

Carmine Caridi character Sgt. Crosseti