The Cheap Detective
Film1978
ComedyCrimeMystery
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- Director
- Robert Moore
- Language
- English
- Released
- 1978-06-23
- Runtime
- —
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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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