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The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective(1978)

  • English
  • 6.2 (87)
  • 1 hr 32 mins
  • Jun 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.

TAGLINE:

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

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