The Cheap Detective

Duration: 92 min

Genre: comedy

Year Published: 1978

Creator: released by Columbia Pictures

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Cast: Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Sid Caesar, Dom DeLuise, Stockard Channing, Louise Fletcher, Marsha Mason

Copyright: Registered 15Aug78 · PA 12-308 (Jul-Dec 1978) Copyright holder: Rastar Films, Inc Production company: released by Columbia Pictures

Description: The film spoofs Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Chinatown, 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. The film is based on a plot involving a San Francisco private detective.

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