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The Cheap Detective

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

Director

Robert Moore

Year

Genre

comedy, crime, mystery

Box Office

N/A

Production

Columbia Pictures,EMI Films,Rastar Productions

Awards

1 nomination

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Lou Peckinpaugh

Jezebel Dezire

Betty DeBoop

Ezra Dezire

Bess

Stockard Channing

Marcel

Pepe Damascus

Marlene DuChard

Louise Fletcher

Jasper Blubber

Mrs. Montenegro

Paul DuChard

Georgia Merkle

Hoppy

Sgt. Rizzuto

Boy

Colonel Schlissel

Nicol Williamson

Butler

Sgt. Crosseti

Schnell

Tinker

Scatman Crothers

Captain

David Ogden Stiers

Lt. DiMaggio

Hat Check Girl

Qvicker

Bandleader

Cabbie

Cop

Fat Man

Courier

Courier

Floyd Merkle

Scrub Woman

Desk Clerk

Doorman

Michel

Cab Driver

Cab Driver

Cab Driver

Ronald L. Schwary

Croupier #1

Croupier #2

Bartender

Armando Gonzales

Man in Crusades Bar

Man in Crusades Bar

Elegant Lady

Elegant Lady

Elegant Lady

Lady of the Night

Nancy Marlowe Coyne

Lady of the Night

Military Wife

Military Wife

Military Wife

Navy Wife

Army Wife

Military Man

Dancer

Dancer

Michele Bernath

Reporter

Cigarette Girl

German Singer

Club Patron

Edward Coch Jr.

Policeman

Club Patron

Club Patron

Old Husband

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[CROWD CHATTERING] - The Cheap Detective

[CROWD CHATTERING]

What've we got? - The Cheap Detective

What've we got?

Shot clean as a whistle - The Cheap Detective

Shot clean as a whistle

That's the trouble with hotels - The Cheap Detective

That's the trouble with hotels

Lou It's Georgia - The Cheap Detective

Lou It's Georgia

Yeah? - The Cheap Detective

DRIVER:
Should I keep the change? - The Cheap Detective

DRIVER: Should I keep the change?

This signature has been tampered with - The Cheap Detective

This signature has been tampered with

LOU:
Sorry. No tip. War veteran. - The Cheap Detective

LOU: Sorry. No tip. War veteran.

Lou Your husband's dead a little over an hour - The Cheap Detective

Lou Your husband's dead a little over an hour

Are you sure the police didn't follow you here - The Cheap Detective

Are you sure the police didn't follow you here

What did you and Merkle - The Cheap Detective

What did you and Merkle

Being a private eye may not be much - The Cheap Detective

Being a private eye may not be much

So long, Lou. - The Cheap Detective

Aren't you gonna light my fire? - The Cheap Detective

Aren't you gonna light my fire?

Gentlemen may I present Miss Betty DeBoop - The Cheap Detective

Gentlemen may I present Miss Betty DeBoop

I hope my disgustingly cheap perfume - The Cheap Detective

I hope my disgustingly cheap perfume

How do you stand being around yourself - The Cheap Detective

How do you stand being around yourself

Paul are you sure we ought to be here - The Cheap Detective

Paul are you sure we ought to be here

May I present my wife Marlene - The Cheap Detective

May I present my wife Marlene

Do you like chocolate,
my dear? - The Cheap Detective

Do you like chocolate, my dear?

What is it, darling? - The Cheap Detective

What is it, darling?

Hello, Tinker. - The Cheap Detective

Hello Marlene - The Cheap Detective

Anything wrong - The Cheap Detective

I must've been crazy
fallin' for a dame - The Cheap Detective

I must've been crazy fallin' for a dame

Strike up the band. - The Cheap Detective

Strike up the band.

I'm sorry I thought you were alone - The Cheap Detective

I'm sorry I thought you were alone

You can pay of course - The Cheap Detective

You can pay of course

I'm using rented bullets for my gun - The Cheap Detective

I'm using rented bullets for my gun

See you around slinky - The Cheap Detective

See you around slinky

What do you say, kid?
No school today? - The Cheap Detective

What do you say, kid? No school today?

What do you say kid No school today - The Cheap Detective

What do you say kid No school today

Blubber? - The Cheap Detective

You drink of course - The Cheap Detective

You drink of course

This is a gin sling - The Cheap Detective

This is a gin sling

Now sir in 1853 - The Cheap Detective

Now sir in 1853

The murderer is a Rumanian sailor - The Cheap Detective

The murderer is a Rumanian sailor

We should leave separately - The Cheap Detective

We should leave separately

You have a visitor in there - The Cheap Detective

You have a visitor in there

Miss Devega I presume - The Cheap Detective

Miss Devega I presume

Yes I know - The Cheap Detective

You mean you married your own father - The Cheap Detective

You mean you married your own father

PHONE RINGS Don't call me for three days - The Cheap Detective

PHONE RINGS Don't call me for three days

Did you think my heart didn't stop last night in the club - The Cheap Detective

Did you think my heart didn't stop last night in the...

Did you ever stop to worry that I might have - The Cheap Detective

Did you ever stop to worry that I might have

What are you doing here - The Cheap Detective

What are you doing here

You'll be back What makes you think so - The Cheap Detective

You'll be back What makes you think so

Oh, Louis, I can't wait
to give my first party. - The Cheap Detective

Oh, Louis, I can't wait to give my first party.

No point in crying over spilt husbands - The Cheap Detective

No point in crying over spilt husbands

Hello. - The Cheap Detective

Hello. - The Cheap Detective

I knew there'd be one more. - The Cheap Detective

I knew there'd be one more.

LOU:
No tip. Death in the family. - The Cheap Detective

LOU: No tip. Death in the family.

Wait in here, please. - The Cheap Detective

Wait in here, please.

WOMAN:
See anything you like? - The Cheap Detective

WOMAN: See anything you like?

Hmm oh won't you join me in a little drinky - The Cheap Detective

Hmm oh won't you join me in a little drinky

Why don't you pull up a sofa and sit down - The Cheap Detective

Why don't you pull up a sofa and sit down

You said on the phone last night sir - The Cheap Detective

You said on the phone last night sir

Now why did he call me last night - The Cheap Detective

Now why did he call me last night

Just hm a few trinkets and burbles - The Cheap Detective

Just hm a few trinkets and burbles

No I think they got you - The Cheap Detective

No I think they got you

Behind the drapeski - The Cheap Detective

Behind the drapeski

There's a man dying
to see you, Lou. - The Cheap Detective

There's a man dying to see you, Lou.

Don't be stubborn you crazy Frenchman - The Cheap Detective

Don't be stubborn you crazy Frenchman

I don't know Tell me nothing happened - The Cheap Detective

I don't know Tell me nothing happened

And what is the charge may I ask - The Cheap Detective

And what is the charge may I ask

You uh - The Cheap Detective

We can still make it if you hurry - The Cheap Detective

We can still make it if you hurry

Paul there's something I think I should tell you - The Cheap Detective

Paul there's something I think I should tell you

I promise you will be given a fair trial and found guilty - The Cheap Detective

I promise you will be given a fair trial and found guilty

It's all over, kid.
You can come out now. - The Cheap Detective

It's all over, kid. You can come out now.

[SIGHS] - The Cheap Detective

See you around?
Who knows? - The Cheap Detective

See you around? Who knows?

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

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Robert Moore

Writer: Neil Simon

Production: Columbia Pictures,EMI Films,Rastar Productions

Genre: comedy, crime, mystery

Year: 1978

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 23 Jun 1978

Awards: 1 nomination

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