The Cheap Detective was released in the year 1978。The Cheap Detective is also called as Tosi välkky dekkari, Tani detektyw, alltså!, Snacka om deckare, Schmalspurschnüffler, Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective, Mens vi taler om mord, Detective barato, A proposito di omicidi...。

Lou Peckinpaugh, the Cheap detective has entered a world that is half Casablanca and half Maltese Falcon. A parody of Bogart's films in which Lou goes through a series of scenes from the two movies trying to keep ahead of the police who think he killed his partner and find the black bird.

The Cheap Detective actors and actresses include Abe Vigoda, Ann-Margret, Carmine Caridi, David Ogden Stiers, Dom DeLuise, James Coco, Louise Fletcher, Madeline Kahn, Marsha Mason, Phil Silvers, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing。