The Cheap Detective (1978)
Een parodie op 'Casablanca' en 'The Maltese Falcon'. Lou Peckinpaugh is een privé-detective die door de politie wordt verdacht van de moord op zijn partner. Om zijn onschuld te bewijzen gaat hij op zoek naar de echte moordenaar, waarbij hij verstrikt raakt in een zoektocht naar een mysterieus zwart beeld van een vogel.
Regiseur: Robert Moore
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Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh |
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Ann-Margret as Jezebel Dezire |
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Eileen Brennan as Betty DeBoop |
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Sid Caesar as Ezra Dezire |
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Stockard Channing as Bess |
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James Coco as Marcel |
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Dom DeLuise as Pepe Damascus |
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Louise Fletcher as Marlene DuChard |
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John Houseman as Jasper Blubber |
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Madeline Kahn as Mrs. Montenegro |
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Fernando Lamas as Paul DuChard |
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Marsha Mason as Georgia Merkle |
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Phil Silvers as Hoppy |
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Abe Vigoda as Sergeant Rizzuto |
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Paul Williams as Boy |
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Nicol Williamson as Colonel Schlissel |
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Vic Tayback as Lieutenant DiMaggio |
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Scatman Crothers as Tinker |
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Arthur Tovey as Old Husband |
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David Ogden Stiers as Captain |
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Carole Wells as Hat Check Girl |
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John Calvin as Qvicker |
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Barry Michlin as Bandleader |
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Jonathan Banks as Cabbie |
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Lew Gallo as Cop |
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Lee McLaughlin as Fat Man |
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Zale Kessler as Courier |
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Wally K. Berns as Floyd Merkle |
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Bella Bruck as Scrub Woman |
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Carmine Caridi as Sgt. Crosseti |
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James Cromwell as Schnell |
| Directing | Robert Moore | Director |
| Writing | Neil Simon | Writer |
| Sound | Stewart Levine | Music Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shirlee Strahm | Costume Assistant |
| Production | Margaret Booth | Associate Producer |
| Production | Ray Stark | Producer |
| Sound | Patrick Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | John A. Alonzo | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sidney Levin | Editor |
| Editing | Michael A. Stevenson | Editor |
| Production | Jennifer Shull | Casting |
| Art | Robert Luthardt | Production Design |
| Art | Phillip Bennett | Art Direction |
| Art | Charles Pierce | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Theoni V. Aldredge | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kathryn Blondell | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joe DiBella | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles H. Schram | Makeup Supervisor |