The Cheap Detective (1978)

Directed by:
Robert Moore (I)

Written by:
Neil Simon

Plot:
Lou Peckinpaugh, the Cheap Detective has entered a world that is half "Casablanca" and half "Maltese Falcone." A parody of Bogart's films in which Lou goes through a series of scenes from the two movies trying to keep ahead of the police who think he killed his partner as he tries to find the black bird.

Genres: Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
Countries: United States
Languages: English / German
Runtime: 92

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Cast:

Ann-Margret Olsson... Jezebel Dezire

David Ogden Stiers... Captain

James Cromwell... Schnell

Madeline Kahn... Mrs. Montenegro

Eileen Brennan... Betty DeBoop

Jonathan Banks... Cabbie

Abe Vigoda... Sergeant Rizzuto

Carmine Caridi... Sergeant Crosseti

Scatman Crothers... Tinker

Stockard Channing... Bess

Peter Falk... Lou Peckinpaugh

Dom DeLuise... Pepe Damascus