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- PG1978 · Comedy · 1h 32m
Budget. $5-6 million [1] Box office. $28,221,552 [2] The Cheap Detective is a 1978 American mystery comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore. [3] It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a parody of Humphrey Bogart. [3] The film is a parody of Bogart films such as Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon.
- $5-6 million
- Patrick Williams
- June 23, 1978
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 ...
- (5.5K)
- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Robert Moore
- 1978-06-23
The Cheap Detective (1978) Movie Info Synopsis 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 ...
- (17)
- Robert Moore
- PG
- Peter Falk
A satire of Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon with Peter Falk as Humphrey Bogart, but without the wit and style of the original classics. Ebert calls it a rip-off, a necrophiliac guest appearance, and a waste of talent.
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Apr 22, 2003 · Cheap Detective, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Accent On The Desire Peter Falk as writer Neil Simon’s parody private-eye Lou Peckinpaugh meets second-billed Ann-Margret, as Jezebel Dezire, and Sid Caesar as her less-functional husband Ezra, much talked-about but introduced a full hour into the film, in the Bogart-based The Cheap Detective, 1978.