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.
Runtime
1h 32m
Language
EN
Budget
Undisclosed
Revenue
Undisclosed
Cast
Faces behind the story
Peter Falk
Lou Peckinpaugh
Ann-Margret
Jezebel Dezire
Eileen Brennan
Betty DeBoop
Sid Caesar
Ezra Dezire
Stockard Channing
Bess
Geser ke samping untuk melihat lainnya.
Gallery
Frames that sell the world
Recommendations
Films that continue this mood and momentum.
Zero Effect
1998 / Mystery, Crime
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941 / Comedy, Crime
Psych: The Movie
2017 / Comedy, Crime
The Thursday Murder Club
2025 / Comedy, Mystery
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989 / Comedy, Crime
The Naked Gun
2025 / Comedy, Crime
Johnny Dangerously
1984 / Comedy, Crime
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993 / Comedy, Crime
Foul Play
1978 / Comedy, Mystery
The Late Show
1977 / Mystery, Crime
The Blue Gardenia
1953 / Crime, Mystery
Batman and Harley Quinn
2017 / Adventure, Animation
The Dream Team
1989 / Comedy, Crime
Thirteen at Dinner
1985 / Crime, Mystery
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
1988 / Comedy, Crime
Psych 3: This Is Gus
2021 / Comedy, Crime
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 / Comedy, Crime
Sherlock Jr.
1924 / Action, Comedy
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996 / Comedy, Crime
The Mirror Crack'd
1980 / Mystery, Crime
Geser ke samping untuk melihat lainnya.
Similar Movies
Adjacent stories from the same cinematic neighborhood.
Overtime
2012 / Science Fiction, Comedy
69 Minutes
1976 / Comedy
High Anxiety
1977 / Comedy, Mystery
Another Gay Movie
2006 / Comedy, Romance
Backflip Alone
2016 / Comedy
The Private Eyes
1980 / Comedy, Mystery
Disaster Movie
2008 / Comedy, Science Fiction
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming
2017 / Action, Comedy
Hospital!
1997 / TV Movie, Comedy
How To Be Eighteenth Century
2006 / TV Movie, Comedy
Garden Party Massacre
2017 / Comedy, Horror
Sharknado Origins
TBA / Action, Comedy
¡Three Amigos!
1986 / Comedy, Western
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
1993 / Comedy
2001: A Space Travesty
2000 / Comedy, Science Fiction
Top Secret!
1984 / Comedy
Dude, Where's My Car?
2000 / Adventure, Comedy
Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure
2003 / Action, Comedy
Isn't It Romantic
2019 / Comedy, Fantasy
And Now for Something Completely Different
1971 / Comedy
Geser ke samping untuk melihat lainnya.
