The Cheap Detective (1978) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Robert Moore.

Cast

• Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh
• Ann-Margret as Jezebel Dezire
• Eileen Brennan as Betty DeBoop
• Sid Caesar as Ezra Dezire
• Stockard Channing as Bess
• James Coco as Marcel
• Dom DeLuise as Pepe Damascus
• Louise Fletcher as Marlene DuChard
• John Houseman as Jasper Blubber
• Madeline Kahn as Mrs. Montenegro
• Fernando Lamas as Paul DuChard
• Marsha Mason as Georgia Merkle
• Phil Silvers as Hoppy
• Abe Vigoda as Sergeant Rizzuto
• Paul Williams as Boy
• Nicol Williamson as Colonel Schlissel
• Emory Bass as Butler
• Carmine Caridi as Sergeant Crosseti
• James Cromwell as Schnell
• Scatman Crothers as Tinker
• David Ogden Stiers as Captain
• Vic Tayback as Lieutenant DiMaggio
• Carole Wells as Hat Check Girl
• John Calvin as Qvicker
• Barry Michlin as Bandleader
• Jonathan Banks as Cabbie
• Lew Gallo as Cop
• Lee McLaughlin as Fat Man
• Zale Kessler as Courier
• Jerrold Ziman as Courier
• Wally K. Berns as Floyd Merkle
• Bella Bruck as Scrub Woman
• Arthur Tovey as Old Husband
• Henry Sutton as Desk Clerk
• Maurice Marks as Doorman
• Joe Ross as Michel
• Dean Perry as Cab Driver
• George Rondo as Cab Driver
• Ronald L. Schwary as Cab Driver
• Louis H. Kelly as Croupier #1

Crew

• Robert Moore — Director
• Neil Simon — Writer
• Ray Stark — Producer
• John A. Alonzo — Director of Photography
• Patrick Williams — Original Music Composer

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