The Cheap Detective
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We watched this movie a few weeks ago. I've watched it again myself.
It's a comedy - a lot like a parody of Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca".
The one liners are hilarious, the women characters are
deliberately stereotyped and really funny. Peter Falk is great.
There is a long list of stars who are in this movie - I figure they wanted to
be in it when they read the script. It's really funny.
One example - The detective meets with a woman who needs his help, like old serious detective movies,
and she finally, after a lot of one liners, she says to him in the doorway- for him to call her.
She says "you know how do dial don't ,you? Just put your finger in the little round hole"....
I'll probably watch it again - seems that in the background, there are visual jokes I missed before.
It's fast moving, really funny - a fun old 1970's movie to watch.
Grade - B+
But if you have no sense of humor, and never watched old detective movies from the days of "Casablanca" and "The Maltese Falcon"............you may not like it.
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We watched this movie a few weeks ago. I've watched it again myself.
It's a comedy - a lot like a parody of Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca".
The one liners are hilarious, the women characters are
deliberately stereotyped and really funny. Peter Falk is great.
There is a long list of stars who are in this movie - I figure they wanted to
be in it when they read the script. It's really funny.
One example - The detective meets with a woman who needs his help, like old serious detective movies,
and she finally, after a lot of one liners, she says to him in the doorway- for him to call her.
She says "you know how do dial don't ,you? Just put your finger in the little round hole"....
I'll probably watch it again - seems that in the background, there are visual jokes I missed before.
It's fast moving, really funny - a fun old 1970's movie to watch.
Grade - B+
But if you have no sense of humor, and never watched old detective movies from the days of "Casablanca" and "The Maltese Falcon"............you may not like it.
We watched this movie a few weeks ago. I've watched it again myself.
It's a comedy - a lot like a parody of Humphrey Bogart in "Casablanca".
The one liners are hilarious, the women characters are
deliberately stereotyped and really funny. Peter Falk is great.
There is a long list of stars who are in this movie - I figure they wanted to
be in it when they read the script. It's really funny.
One example - The detective meets with a woman who needs his help, like old serious detective movies,
and she finally, after a lot of one liners, she says to him in the doorway- for him to call her.
She says "you know how do dial don't ,you? Just put your finger in the little round hole"....
I'll probably watch it again - seems that in the background, there are visual jokes I missed before.
It's fast moving, really funny - a fun old 1970's movie to watch.
Grade - B+
But if you have no sense of humor, and never watched old detective movies from the days of "Casablanca" and "The Maltese Falcon"............you may not like it.
I'm a huge Peter Falk/Frank Columbo fan... Thanks.. I'll check this one out...
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Nickers -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cheap_Detective
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Cast
- Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh (Humphrey Bogart) ***
- Madeline Kahn as Mrs. Montenegro
- Dom DeLuise as Pepe Damascus (Peter Lorre)
- Louise Fletcher as Marlene DuChard
- Ann-Margret as Jezebel Dezire
- Eileen Brennan as Betty DeBoop
- Stockard Channing as Bess
- Sid Caesar as Ezra Dezire
- Marsha Mason as Georgia Merkle
- John Houseman as Jasper Blubber (Sydney Greenstreet)
- Vic Tayback as Lieutenant DiMaggio
- Abe Vigoda as Sgt. Rizzuto
- Carmine Caridi as Sgt. Crosetti
- James Coco as Marcel
- Phil Silvers as Hoppy
- Fernando Lamas as Paul DuChard
- Nicol Williamson as Col. Schlissel
- James Cromwell as Schnell
- Scatman Crothers as Tinker (Dooley Wilson)
- Paul Williams as Boy
- David Ogden Stiers as Captain
- John Calvin as Qvicker
- Arthur Tovey as Vladimir Korsokovowitz"
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Nickers -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cheap_Detective
"
Cast
- Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh (Humphrey Bogart) ***
- Madeline Kahn as Mrs. Montenegro
- Dom DeLuise as Pepe Damascus (Peter Lorre)
- Louise Fletcher as Marlene DuChard
- Ann-Margret as Jezebel Dezire
- Eileen Brennan as Betty DeBoop
- Stockard Channing as Bess
- Sid Caesar as Ezra Dezire
- Marsha Mason as Georgia Merkle
- John Houseman as Jasper Blubber (Sydney Greenstreet)
- Vic Tayback as Lieutenant DiMaggio
- Abe Vigoda as Sgt. Rizzuto
- Carmine Caridi as Sgt. Crosetti
- James Coco as Marcel
- Phil Silvers as Hoppy
- Fernando Lamas as Paul DuChard
- Nicol Williamson as Col. Schlissel
- James Cromwell as Schnell
- Scatman Crothers as Tinker (Dooley Wilson)
- Paul Williams as Boy
- David Ogden Stiers as Captain
- John Calvin as Qvicker
- Arthur Tovey as Vladimir Korsokovowitz"
Nickers -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cheap_Detective
"
Cast
- Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh (Humphrey Bogart) ***
- Madeline Kahn as Mrs. Montenegro
- Dom DeLuise as Pepe Damascus (Peter Lorre)
- Louise Fletcher as Marlene DuChard
- Ann-Margret as Jezebel Dezire
- Eileen Brennan as Betty DeBoop
- Stockard Channing as Bess
- Sid Caesar as Ezra Dezire
- Marsha Mason as Georgia Merkle
- John Houseman as Jasper Blubber (Sydney Greenstreet)
- Vic Tayback as Lieutenant DiMaggio
- Abe Vigoda as Sgt. Rizzuto
- Carmine Caridi as Sgt. Crosetti
- James Coco as Marcel
- Phil Silvers as Hoppy
- Fernando Lamas as Paul DuChard
- Nicol Williamson as Col. Schlissel
- James Cromwell as Schnell
- Scatman Crothers as Tinker (Dooley Wilson)
- Paul Williams as Boy
- David Ogden Stiers as Captain
- John Calvin as Qvicker
- Arthur Tovey as Vladimir Korsokovowitz"
I vaguely remember it now... What an all star cast.. I haven't heard Stockard Channings name since I was a kid.. John Housman was another name I forgot about... Great stuff! When movies were cool and you didn't have some stupid broads with cottage cheese hangin out of their shorts..
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I have always gotten a kick out of Bernadette Peters. She is hilarious.
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