the cheap detective

Director: robert moore

Actor: peter falk,ann-margret,eileen brennan,sid caesar

Data Published: Fri Jun 23 1978

Genres: Comedy,Crime,Mystery,Romance,Thriller

Key Words: parody,spoof,femme fatale,false name,police

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077321/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cheap_Detective

Description: The Cheap Detective is a movie starring Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, and Eileen Brennan. San Francisco, 1940, detectives, dames, documents, Nazis, and a treasure.

Plot: Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk), a bumbling San Francisco private detective, tries to prove himself innocent of his partner's murder while helping a bizarre array of characters recover a lost treasure. The film spoofs Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Chinatown, and To Have and Have Not. The scene in the restaurant with Peckinpaugh and Pepe Damascus mocks the opening scene of The Big Sleep.[original research?]