The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975
6
The Cheap Detective
“He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.”
6.4
· 110 votes
1978
1h 32m
Released
Movie
Overview
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.
Cast
Peter Falk
Lou Peckinpaugh
Ann-Margret
Jezebel Dezire
Eileen Brennan
Betty DeBoop
Sid Caesar
Ezra Dezire
Stockard Channing
Bess
James Coco
Marcel
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