The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective(1978)

"He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book."

6.3/10
92 votes
92 minJune 23, 1978

Overview

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.

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