The Cheap Detective
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| The Cheap Detective | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert Moore |
| Produced by | Ray Stark Margaret Booth |
| Written by | Neil Simon |
| Starring | Peter Falk Madeline Kahn Louise Fletcher Ann-Margret Eileen Brennan Stockard Channing Sid Caesar |
| Music by | Patrick Williams |
| Cinematography | John A. Alonzo |
| Editing by | Sidney Levin Michael A. Stevenson |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 23, 1978 |
| Running time | 92 min. |
| Country |  U.S.A. |
| Language | English/German |
The Cheap Detective is a 1978 Columbia Pictures spoof comedy film, written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore as a follow-up to their successful Murder by Death, (Columbia, 1976). It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a detective in the Humphrey Bogart mould, and is an affectionate parody of Bogart movies such as Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon. The ensemble cast includes Madeline Kahn, Louise Fletcher, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Stockard Channing, Marsha Mason, Sid Caesar, John Houseman, Dom DeLuise, Abe Vigoda, James Coco, Phil Silvers, Fernando Lamas, Nicol Williamson, Scatman Crothers and Paul Williams.
Stockard Channing and Sid Caesar would star in Grease that same year. Fernando Lamas's son, Lorenzo Lamas would too.
