Search - Cheap Detective [Widescreen/Fullscreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1978 DVD Release: 11/13/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, Spanish Subtitles: English, Korean, Spanish, Thai SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 32 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Total Copies: 1 Genres: Comedy, Parody/Spoof, Detective Film, Crime Comedy See Also: Cheap Detective [Fullscreen], The Cheap Detective

Spoofing the entire 1940s detective genre, and his own performances as a bumbling private detective, Peter Falk plays Lou Pekinpaugh, a San Francisco private detective accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress, the partner's wife, Georgia Merkle (Marsha Mason). Police Lieutenant DiMaggio (Vic Tayback) has his eye on Lou and blunders around in a way which complicates Lou's efforts to clear his name. Lou gets a new client when Mrs. Montenegro (Madeline Kahn) and her cronies (John Housman, Paul Williams and Dom DeLuise) hire him to search out a dozen diamond eggs. Marlene DuChard (Louise Fletcher) also comes to him for help of a complicated nature. In this madcap comedy written by Neil Simon, obstacles and complications appear every few minutes, and a great many famous actors show up in hilarious cameos. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Peter Falk - Lou Peckinpaugh
Ann-Margret - Jezebel Dezire
Eileen Brennan - Betty DeBoop
Sid Caesar - Ezra Dezire
Stockard Channing - Bess
Dom DeLuise - Pepe Damascus
Louise Fletcher - Marlene DuChard
John Houseman - Jasper Blubber
Madeline Kahn - Mrs. Montenegro
Scatman Crothers - Tinker

Scripted by Neil Simon, Robert Moore's The Cheap Detective comes to DVD with a pair of transfers. The widescreen anamorphic transfer reserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1, and is preferable to the standard full-frame transfer. English and Spanish soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, and Thai subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include an interview with Simon, cast filmographies, and production notes. Simon and Falk enthusiasts should enjoy this fine disc. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide