The Cheap Detective Poster Daybill Original 1978 Peter Falk
Daybill Poster. The Cheap Detective is a 1978 American mystery comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore.It stars Peter Falk as Lou PeckinpaughLou 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.