The Cheap Detective

"He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book."

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.

Director: Robert Moore

Cast

Peter Falk

Lou Peckinpaugh

Ann-Margret

Jezebel Dezire

Eileen Brennan

Betty DeBoop

Sid Caesar

Ezra Dezire

Stockard Channing

Bess

James Coco

Marcel

Dom DeLuise

Pepe Damascus

Louise Fletcher

Marlene DuChard