The Cheap Detective

E169592
comedy film film parody film

The Cheap Detective is a 1978 comedy film that parodies classic film noir and detective movies, starring Peter Falk as a bumbling private eye.

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The Cheap Detective canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
parody film ⓘ
basedOn Humphrey Bogart detective films ⓘ
classic film noir films ⓘ
character Lou Peckinpaugh ⓘ
cinematographyBy David M. Walsh ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Robert Moore ⓘ
distributedBy Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Sidney Levin ⓘ
featuresGenreElement detective spoof ⓘ
film noir parody ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
mystery ⓘ
parody ⓘ
hasFilmRating PG ⓘ
hasMainCharacterOccupation private detective ⓘ
hasMainCharacterTrait bumbling ⓘ
mediaType feature film ⓘ
musicBy Patrick Williams ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
parodies Casablanca ⓘ
The Maltese Falcon ⓘ
partOf American parody films ⓘ
Neil Simon filmography ⓘ
producer Ray Stark ⓘ
publicationDate 1978 ⓘ
releaseYear 1978 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 92 ⓘ
screenwriter Neil Simon ⓘ
setInLocation San Francisco ⓘ
setInPeriod 1940s ⓘ
starring Abe Vigoda ⓘ
Ann-Margret ⓘ
Dom DeLuise ⓘ
Eileen Brennan ⓘ
Fernando Lamas ⓘ
James Coco ⓘ
John Houseman ⓘ
Louise Fletcher ⓘ
Madeline Kahn ⓘ
Marsha Mason ⓘ
Nicol Williamson ⓘ
Peter Falk ⓘ
Sid Caesar ⓘ
writer Neil Simon ⓘ

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Lawrence Weingarten → notableWork → The Cheap Detective ⓘ
Rastar Productions → notableWork → The Cheap Detective ⓘ
Ray Stark → notableWork → The Cheap Detective ⓘ
Louise Fletcher → notableWork → The Cheap Detective ⓘ
Marty Ingels → performedIn → The Cheap Detective ⓘ
David M. Walsh → notableWork → The Cheap Detective ⓘ