Peter Falk
Lou Peckinpaugh
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Watch The Cheap Detective with a subscription on Prime Video, rent on Fandango at Home, or buy on Fandango at Home. In this satire of film noir, Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk) is a San Francisco...
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Roger Ebert June 23, 1978. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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 .”. Populate the cast with as many ...
Summaries. 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 parody of Humphrey Bogart's movies in which Lou goes through a series of scenes from the two movies trying to keep ahead ...
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). 343 IMDb 6.4 1 h 32 min 1978. X-Ray PG. Comedy · Suspense · Thoughtful · Mysterious. Watch with a free Prime trial. Watch with Prime. Start your 30-day free trial. Rent. HD $3.99. Buy. HD $14.09.
Apr 22, 2003 · 1h 32m 1978. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A private dick tackles two tough cases while trying to clear himself of a murder charge. Cast & Crew. Read More. Robert Moore. Director. Peter Falk. Lee Menning. Lauren Simon. Paula Friel. Carole Wells. Photos & Videos.
THE CHEAP DETECTIVE is the perfect entertainment for anyone who loves Bogart, films of the forties, or a good healthy laugh. Comedy 1978 1 hr 32 min. 53% Starring Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan. Director Robert Moore. Trailers. The Cheap Detective. Related. Cast & Crew. PF. Peter Falk. Lou Peckinpaugh. AA. Ann-Margret. Jezebel Dezire. EB.
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 Peckingpaugh, the worldly,cynical gumshoe who takes on thugs, crooks, Nazis, femme fatales and the Golden Gate Bridge in thisterrific tribute to Bogie and the Hammett ...
