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The Cheap Detective. A loving parody of THE MALTESE FALCON and CASABLANCA as seen through the eyes of ace private eye, Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk). 1 h 32 min 1978.
DV reported that The Cheap Detective was a sequel to producer Ray Stark, writer Neil Simon, director Robert Moore and star Peter Falk’s previous feature film collaboration, Murder By Death (1976, see entry), while Women’s Wear Daily, on 11 Mar 1977, called it a “spin-off” of the earlier film.
Synopsis. 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. Remove Ads.
THE CHEAP DETECTIVE is a hilarious Humphrey Bogart send-up, blending the plots of Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon with the comedic vision of Neil Simon. Peter Falk is Lou Peckinpaugh, the worldly, cynical gumshoe who takes on thugs, crooks, Nazis, femme fatales and the Golden Gate Bridge in this terrific tribute to Bogie and the Hammett ...
A loving parody of THE MALTESE FALCON and CASABLANCA as seen through the eyes of ace private eye, Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk). © 1978 Rastar Films, Inc. All Rights ...
A low-rent detective spoofs hard-boiled classics, hiding from the cops who think he killed his partner, and hunting for an elusive artifact ...
