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The Cheap Detective

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Calorie Rating: 129
Released: 1978-06-23
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Studios: Columbia Pictures, EMI Films, Rastar Productions,


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 / Directors



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

Nicol Williamson
Character: Colonel Schlissel
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
Carmine Caridi
Character: Sgt. Crosseti

James Cromwell
Character: Schnell


Production and Crew

Stewart Levine
Music Supervisor
Shirlee Strahm
Costume Assistant

John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography

Margaret Booth
Associate Producer
Ray Stark
Producer
Patrick Williams
Original Music Composer

Joe DiBella
Makeup Artist
Robert Luthardt
Production Design

Charles Pierce
Set Decoration
Theoni V. Aldredge
Costume Design

Phillip Bennett
Art Direction
Charles H. Schram
Makeup Supervisor