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.
Peter Falk
Lou Peckinpaugh
Ann-Margret
Jezebel Dezire
Eileen Brennan
Betty DeBoop
Sid Caesar
Ezra Dezire
Stockard Channing
Bess
James Coco
Marcel
Dom DeLuise
Pepe Damascus
Louise Fletcher
Marlene DuChard
John Houseman
Jasper Blubber
Madeline Kahn
Mrs. Montenegro
Fernando Lamas
Paul DuChard
Marsha Mason
Georgia Merkle
Phil Silvers
Hoppy
Abe Vigoda
Sergeant Rizzuto
Paul Williams
Boy
Nicol Williamson
Colonel Schlissel
Vic Tayback
Lieutenant DiMaggio
Scatman Crothers
Tinker
Arthur Tovey
Old Husband
David Ogden Stiers
Captain
Carole Wells
Hat Check Girl
John Calvin
Qvicker
Barry Michlin
Bandleader
Jonathan Banks
Cabbie
Lew Gallo
Cop
Lee McLaughlin
Fat Man
Zale Kessler
Courier
Wally K. Berns
Floyd Merkle
Bella Bruck
Scrub Woman
Carmine Caridi
Sgt. Crosseti
James Cromwell
Schnell
Robert Moore
Director
Neil Simon
Writer
Ray Stark
Producer
Dec 10, 1982
Dec 15, 1974
Apr 19, 1996
Feb 11, 2011
Aug 6, 1999
Jan 25, 2007
Jul 14, 2004
Dec 25, 1999
Jan 30, 1998
Nov 21, 1941
Feb 10, 1977
Dec 7, 2017
Feb 3, 1989
Jul 15, 2020
Jul 30, 2025
Aug 22, 2025
Columbia Pictures
US
EMI Films
GB
Rastar Productions
United States
English
Deutsch