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Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk), a bumbling San Francisco private detective, tries to prove himself innocent of his partner's murder while helping a bizarre array of characters recover a lost treasure.
Jun 23, 1978 · The Cheap Detective: Directed by Robert Moore. With Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar. San Francisco, 1940, detectives, dames, documents, Nazis, and a treasure.
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92 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 1978. Roger Ebert. June 23, 1978. 3 min read. Neil Simon ‘s “The Cheap Detective” begins with an interesting, if hardly original, premise: Have Peter Falk do his Humphrey Bogart imitation, and plug him into a simultaneous satire of “ Casablanca ” and “ The Maltese Falcon.”.
In this satire of film noir, Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk) is a San Francisco detective in the boozy, wise-cracking tradition of Humphrey Bogart in "The Maltese Falcon." A suspect in the murder of...
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San Francisco, 1940, detectives, dames, documents, Nazis, and a treasure. Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk), the cheap detective has entered a world that is half Casablanca (1942) and half The Maltese Falcon (1941).
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.
The Cheap Detective. 1978 · 1 hr 33 min. PG. Comedy · Crime · Mystery. Set in 1940, a parody of Humphrey Bogart's hit movies Casablanca and the Maltese Falcom as seen through the eyes of ace private eye, Lou Peckinpaugh. Subtitles: English.
The Cheap Detective is a 1978 American satirical comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore as a follow-up to their successful Murder by Death (Columbia, 1976). It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a detective in the Humphrey Bogart mold.
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.
