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Movie · 1978

The Cheap Detective

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

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  • Whodunit
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Release
1978
Runtime
92 min

Synopsis

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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