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The Cheap Detective(Movie, 1978)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 32min | Genres: Comedy, Crime
The Cheap DetectiveRating: 3.2/5 (with 3232 votes)
The Cheap Detective is a 1978 American mystery comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore. It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a parody of Humphrey Bogart. The film is a parody of Bogart films such as Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon. The ensemble cast includes Madeline Kahn, Louise Fletcher, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Stockard Channing, Marsha Mason, Sid Caesar, John Houseman, Dom DeLuise, ()
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About The Cheap Detective

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Translated into 14 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Russian (RU)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 09/14/1978 (World premiere: 06/23/1978)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Дешевый детектив"
"Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective"
Keywords: spoof

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