The Cheap Detective

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Original title: The Cheap Detective
Year: 1978
Running time: 92 min.
Country: United States
Director: Robert Moore
Screenwriter: Neil Simon (Play: Neil Simon)
Music: Patrick Williams
Cinematography: John A. Alonzo
Cast: Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing, James Coco, Dom DeLuise, Louise Fletcher, John Houseman, David Ogden Stiers, Scatman Crothers, James Cromwell, Nicol Williamson
Producer: Columbia Pictures
Genre: Comedy. Mystery. Thriller. Romance | Parody. 1940s
Movie Groups: Neil Simon Adaptations
Synopsis / Plot: Lou Peckinpaugh, the Cheap detective has entered a world that is half Casablanca and half Maltese Falcon. A parody of Bogart's films in which Lou goes through a series of scenes from the two movies trying to keep ahead of the police who think he killed his partner and find the black bird.

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