The Cheap Detective

1978•1h 32m•★ 6.4

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.

ComedyCrimeMystery

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