The Cheap Detective

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

Duration: 92 min
Release date: 1978-06-23
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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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