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The Cheap Detective
DVD
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) :: Sony Pictures ::
Released:
2001-11-13
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Rank:
#8718
Rating:
4.0/5 (27 Reviews)
5/5
SOOOOO FUNNY!!!! Super satire! Lost of stars!!
by Operafilly (Fallbrook, Ca United States)
Fabulous treat.
First, you must have seen Casablanca and Maltese Falcon at least to get it. Falk is the Bogart type, trying to make sense out of Madeline Kahn's continual name changes while trying to connect with an old flame, and find out who killed his partner, discourage his amorous widow, and fine out what are all these people after????????
The best scene is Falk juggling Brennan in the kitchen, Mason in the bathroom, Fletcher in the living room, and his secretary Channing at the door.
Too many stars to mention. But almost every role has a star and there are many roles.
5/5
The Cheap Review!!
by Colin Boland (Ireland)
Great Cast, great script, great laughs - I waited years for this to come out on DVD, one of my fave films ever!! If you love Bogart movies Casablanca, The Big Sleep and the Maltese Falcon and also like to laugh then you'll love this.
5/5
Cheap . . .
by S. McCloud (Twin Cities, MN)
My family and I love this movie - no, wait. Sorry. What we actually love most about this movie is Peter Falk.
5/5
Great!
by Jenni Frederick (Horton, AL, USA)
LOVE this movie. I watched it 3 times and it had me rolling every time. The dialogue sometimes elicits groans, but it is so funny. If you enjoy classic detective movies, you have to watch this spoof. Hilarious!!!
3/5
Widescreen available on Amazon.ca
by Matadore (In The Hat)
For those like me looking for a widescreen version of this title (it was filmed in anamorphic 2.35:1), it's available on Amazon's Canadian website - for a decent price I might add.
The Cheap Detective Summary
Movie Dvd
Most fans of everything-but-the-kitchen-sink comedies like
The Naked Gun
and
Hot Shots
probably think the genre started with
Airplane!
, but Neil Simon's
The Cheap Detective
came two years earlier. It's a camp parody of Humphrey Bogart's 1940s detective flicks (particularly
The Maltese Falcon
and
The Big Sleep
), with a big dose of
Casablanca
thrown in for good measure. There's no point in describing the plot--it's little more than a series of cameos by just about every actor working in the 1970s, including Ann-Margaret, Eileen Brennan, Stockard Channing, James Coco, Scatman Crothers, Dom DeLuise, John Houseman, Marsha Mason, and Nicol Williamson. Peter Falk plays the detective and does a fine Bogey impression. Unfortunately, it's not Neil Simon's best work--he's better at character comedy such as
The Odd Couple
and
The Goodbye Girl
than this kind of slapstick--but there are a few good lines and the cast gives it their best. Louise Fletcher, not usually known for comedy, does a sharp satire of Ingrid Bergman in
Casablanca
, and Madeline Kahn never fails to entertain in a variety of disguises.
--Bret Fetzer
Cheap Detective [WS/P&S] DVD Techincal Details
Cast:
Peter Falk
,
Eileen Brennan
,
Sid Caesar
,
Stockard Channing
Director:
Robert Moore
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Rated:
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time:
92 mins
UPC:
043396903999
Binding:
DVD
Studio:
Sony Pictures
Release Date:
2001-11-13
Region Code:
99
Specs:
Closed-captioned, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Language & Subtitles
Chinese (Original Language), English (Original Language), Korean (Original Language), Portuguese (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed),
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