The Cheap Detective

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San Francisco, 1940, detectives, dames, documents, Nazis, and a treasure.

Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk), the cheap detective has entered a world that is half Casablanca (1942) and half The Maltese Falcon (1941). A parody of Humphrey Bogart's movies in which Lou goes through a series of scenes from the two movies trying to keep ahead of the police who think he killed his partner and find the black bird.—John Vogel <[email protected]>

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Keywords
  • femme fatale
  • nazi
  • parody
  • spoof
  • film noir spoof
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Comedy
  • Mystery
  • Crime
  • Romance
Release date Jun 22, 1978
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG
Countries of origin United States United Kingdom
Language English German
Filming locations Stage 15, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
Production companies Columbia Pictures EMI Films Rastar Pictures

Box office

Budget $6000000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 32m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

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