The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

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 of the police who think he killed his partner and find the black bird.

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Released

23 Jun 1978

Runtime

92 min

Genre

Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Director

Robert Moore

Actors

Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan

Awards

1 nomination total

IMDb rating

6.4

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