IMDb
6.5 /10
6k votes


Comedy · Crime · Mystery · 1978 · 1h 32min
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.
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Columbia Pictures
EMI Films
Rastar Productions

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The Cheap Detective (Theatrical Trailer)
IMDb
6.5 /10
6k votes
Rotten Tomatoes
The tomato isn't ripe
Metacritic took the day off
TMDB
6.4 /10
102 votes
Letterboxd
6.3 /10
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Weighted average
6.4/10