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The Cheap Detective

Comedy Crime Mystery

1978, 1h 32min

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.

"The Cheap Detective" — comedy, crime and mystery movie produced in USA and released in 1978. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6.4 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 32min. "The Cheap Detective" is currently available to stream on Amazon Prime and Crackle and for rent and to buy on Apple TV, YouTube Movies and Vudu. Click on a playlink to watch it now!

Country: United States

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David Ogden Stiers,

Jonathan Banks,

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Cheap Detective include The Long Goodbye, The Great Muppet Caper, The Late Show, Trenchcoat, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Return of the Pink Panther.

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The Cheap Detective was released in theaters on June 23, 1978.