The Cheap Detective (1978)

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

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.

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Stars: Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing