The Cheap Detective PG
Who dunnit? This time it's Neil Simon who's really dunnit.
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- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.35:1
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 32 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: January 5, 2016
- Originally Released: 1978
- Label: Columbia Pictures / Screen Classics by Request
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Peter Falk | |
Performer: | Madeline Kahn, James Coco, John Houseman, Ann-Margret, Louise Fletcher, Fernando Lamas, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Phil Silvers, Nicol Williamson, Scatman Crothers, Dom DeLuise, Stockard Channing, Marsha Mason, Abe Vigoda, Paul Williams & Vic Tayback | |
Directed by | Robert Moore | |
Edited by | Sidney Levin & Michael A. Stevenson | |
Screenwriting by | Neil Simon | |
Composition by | Patrick Williams | |
Art Direction by | Phillip Bennett | |
Produced by | Ray Stark | |
Director of Photography: | John A. Alonzo |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 8/10 --
You don't have to be familiar with Casablanca or The Maltese Falcon to appreciate the humor but it helps. Writer Neil Simon has thoroughly spoofed both classics.
Movie Metropolis
Rating: 3/5 --
Better received in 1978 than now when it seems too contrived.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
There are some moments of forced silliness, but the average of hilarity is impressive.
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Associated Press
Rating: C+ --
Disappointing thin comedy.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 4/5 --
Very funny send-up of the hard-boiled detective genre.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Rating: 3/5 --
Not even in the same galaxy as Neil Simon's best work, but fans of the genre will appreciate the gags.
eFilmCritic.com
Rating: 2/4 --
If you loved The Maltese Falcon and can recite all the best lines from Casablanca by heart, you'll hate The Cheap Detective, which is basically just the year's classiest and most expensive rip-off.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Description by OLDIES.com:
Neil Simon's spoof of CASABLANCA and THE MALTESE FALCON, among others, tells the story of private detective Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk), a man accused of killing his own partner. As Peckinpaugh follows a trail of looney characters around San Francisco, he uncovers a plot involving a dozen diamonds hidden in an egg carton. Meanwhile, he also attempts to help members of the French Resistance find safe passage to Oakland. In addition, he must assist the group in the search for their missing liquor license; it was stolen by a Member of the Nazi Party -- which just so happens to be based in Cincinnati.
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- Sales Rank: 16,952
- UPC: 043396471740
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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