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The Cheap Detective is a 1978 American mystery comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore. It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a parody of Humphrey Bogart. The film is a parody of Bogart films such as Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon.
Jun 23, 1978 · Peter Falk stars as a parody of Humphrey Bogart in this 1978 film by Neil Simon. Set in San Francisco, 1940, he investigates a murder involving Nazis, dames, and a treasure.
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- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Robert Moore
- 1978-06-23
Jezebel Dezire. Eileen Brennan. Betty DeBoop. Sid Caesar. Ezra Dezire. Stockard Channing. Bess. Watchlist. TRAILER. Watchlist. In this satire of film noir, Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk) is a San...
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- Robert Moore
- PG
- Peter Falk
Peter Falk plays a detective who imitates Humphrey Bogart in this parody of Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon. Roger Ebert criticizes the movie for being a lazy and unfunny rip-off of classic films.
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.
A comedy film starring Peter Falk as a private eye in San Francisco, 1940, who gets involved in a mystery involving Nazis and a treasure. The film is a parody of Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon, with references to Bogart and other classics.
A hilarious Humphrey Bogart send-up with Peter Falk as Lou Peckingpaugh, a worldly, cynical gumshoe. Watch him take on thugs, crooks, Nazis, femme fatales and the Golden Gate Bridge in this tribute to Bogie and the Hammett/Chandler school of hard-boiled detectives.
