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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.
June 23, 1978
Columbia Pictures, EMI Films
60 people
Peter Falk
Lou Peckinpaugh
Acting
Ann-Margret
Jezebel Dezire
Acting
Eileen Brennan
Betty DeBoop
Acting
Sid Caesar
Ezra Dezire
Acting
Stockard Channing
Bess
Acting
James Coco
Marcel
Acting
Dom DeLuise
Pepe Damascus
Acting
Louise Fletcher
Marlene DuChard
Acting
John Houseman
Jasper Blubber
Acting
Madeline Kahn
Mrs. Montenegro
Acting
Fernando Lamas
Paul DuChard
Acting
Marsha Mason
Georgia Merkle
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