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.
The Cheap Detective has generally received positive reviews.
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The Cheap Detective was released in 1978 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 39 reviews, giving The Cheap Detective (1978) an average rating of 62%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 74%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 50%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Cheap Detective than critics were.
With a score of 62%, The Cheap Detective is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1978, which stands at 58%.
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