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The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective (1978)

Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romantic, Thriller | United States

Director: Robert Moore

Talking Pictures TV | Saturday, 27 January 2024 | 01:00

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Saturday, 27 January 2024 01:00

Monday, 16 October 2023 22:05

Sunday, 25 June 2023 23:55

Tuesday, 11 April 2023 01:55

Tuesday, 27 December 2022 21:05

Streaming

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Rating: 6.5/10

SYNOPSIS

Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk), the Cheap detective has entered a world that is half Casablanca (1942) and half The Maltese Falcon (1941). A parody of Humphrey Bogart's movies in which Lou goes through a series of scenes from the two movies trying to keep ahead of the Police who think he killed his partner and find the black bird.

Actors

Writer: Neil Simon

Producer: Margaret Booth, Ray Stark

RUNTIME: 92 min

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