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Release Date:
June 23, 1978
Original Title:
The Cheap Detective
Alternate Titles:
Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective
Дешевый детектив
低价侦探
凹凸神探
天才鬼才蠢才
Genres:
Comedy | Crime | Mystery
Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
EMI Films
Rastar Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12 JP: G US: PG
Runtime: 92
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.
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Art Direction:
Phillip Bennett
Associate Producer:
Margaret Booth
Casting:
Jennifer Shull
Costume Assistant:
Shirlee Strahm
Costume Design:
Theoni V. Aldredge
Director:
Robert Moore
Director of Photography:
John A. Alonzo
Editor:
Sidney Levin
Michael A. Stevenson
Hairstylist:
Kathryn Blondell
Makeup Artist:
Joe DiBella
Makeup Supervisor:
Charles H. Schram
Music Supervisor:
Stewart Levine
Original Music Composer:
Patrick Williams
Producer:
Ray Stark
Production Design:
Robert Luthardt
Set Decoration:
Charles Pierce
Writer:
Neil Simon
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