The Cheap Detective
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| The Cheap Detective | |
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| Directed by | Robert Moore |
| Produced by | Ray Stark Margaret Booth |
| Written by | Neil Simon |
| Starring | Peter Falk Madeline Kahn Louise Fletcher Ann-Margret Eileen Brennan Stockard Channing Sid Caesar |
| Music by | Patrick Williams |
| Cinematography | John A. Alonzo |
| Editing by | Sidney Levin Michael A. Stevenson |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 23, 1978 |
| Running time | 92 min. |
| Country |  U.S.A. |
| Language | English/German |
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The Cheap Detective is a 1978 Columbia Pictures spoof 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 mould, and is an affectionate parody of Bogart movies 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, Abe Vigoda, James Coco, Phil Silvers, Fernando Lamas, Nicol Williamson, Scatman Crothers and Paul Williams.
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