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.
The Cheap Detective is a Comedy, Crime, Mystery film released in 1978.
3 subtitle releases available in English.
Movie Dialogue Sample
00:35:59,031 --> 00:36:00,328
<i>How will I recognize you?</i>
451
00:36:00,533 --> 00:36:04,867
You'll have no trouble there, sir.
I'm an extra-large man.
452
00:36:05,071 --> 00:36:08,097
I'll be sitting on the first
two stools as you come in.
453
00:36:21,187 --> 00:36:22,051
Who is it?
454
00:36:22,254 --> 00:36:23,585
Marcel from the club.
455
00:36:23,789 --> 00:36:26,314
And Paul DuChard, the hero.
456
00:36:33,899 --> 00:36:35,833
I'm sorry. I thought you were alone.
457
00:36:36,335 --> 00:36:39,998
I tried it that way.
It's not as much fun alone.
458
00:36:40,206 --> 00:36:42,265
What can I do for you boys?
459
00:36:46,078 --> 00:36:47,841
Mr. Peckinpaugh...
460
00:36:48,914 --> 00:36:52,281
...last night certain documents
belonging to me were stolen.
461
00:36:52,518 --> 00:36:55,954
I need a man with skill and daring
to get those papers back...
462
00:36:56,155 --> 00:36:57,645
...for me and for France.
463
00:36:57,857 --> 00:36:59,415
You can pay, of course?
464
00:36:59,625 --> 00:37:01,354
Monsieur, we....
465
00:37:01,627 --> 00:37:03,686
We're not wealthy people.
466
00:37:03,929 --> 00:37:06,762
We lost over 4 million
francs betting on the war.
467
00:37:06,966 --> 00:37:07,796
Who'd you have?
468
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:09,865
We took France at 8-to-5.
469
00:37:10,069 --> 00:37:11,661
They suckered you.
470
00:37:12,671 --> 00:37:15,367
I have this golden watch.
471
00:37:15,674 --> 00:37:19,440
It was given to me by
the President of the Republic.
472
00:37:20,212 --> 00:37:22,271
It is very valuable...
473
00:37:22,681 --> 00:37:25,115
...and it plays a lovely little tune.
474
00:37:26,218 --> 00:37:28,345
It's yours if you'll help us.
475
00:37:31,223 --> 00:37:32,656
<i>Mimi</i>
476
00:37:32,858 --> 00:37:36,851
<i>You funny little</i>
<i>Good-for-nothing, Mimi</i>
477
00:37:37,062 --> 00:37:39,530
<i>Am I the guy?</i>
478
00:37:39,732 --> 00:37:41,131
<i>Mimi</i>
479
00:37:43,536 --> 00:37:46,528
You got anything in a rumba?
I like rumbas.
480
00:37:47,673 --> 00:37:48,833
Do we?
481
00:37:58,250 --> 00:37:59,080
Too bad.
482
00:37:59,285 --> 00:38:02,277
Sorry, boys, but this
is not a pawnshop.
483
00:38:03,022 --> 00:38:05,752
I'm using rented bullets for my gun.
484
00:38:05,991 --> 00:38:08,186
We all got problems.
485
00:38:11,230 --> 00:38:14,063
Monsieur, perhaps when America
is confronted with war...
486
00:38:14,266 --> 00:38:16,097
...you will think differently.
487
00:38:16,302 --> 00:38:18,270
Thank God I think as a Frenchman.
488
00:38:18,470 --> 00:38:20,529
<i>-Vive la France!</i>
<i>-Vive la Republique!</i>
489
00:38:20,739 --> 00:38:22,263
Hooray for Hollywood!
490
00:38:23,309 --> 00:38:26,767
I like the way you
handle yourself, Fred.
491
00:38:27,046 --> 00:38:28,741
I do all right.
492
00:38:28,981 --> 00:38:31,381
Here, take this.
493
00:38:33,886 --> 00:38:37,287
And if you thank me for it,
so help me, I'm gonna slug you.
494
00:38:37,590 --> 00:38:38,488
What is it?
495
00:38:38,691 --> 00:38:40,625
A ticket to Africa.
496
00:38:41,293 --> 00:38:46,128
A girl with your voice has got no
place singing in a dump like America.
497
00:38:47,166 --> 00:38:51,899
You just can't take it when someone
like me gets too close, can you?
498
00:38:52,104 --> 00:38:55,699
My friend's got a little club on
the lvory Coast. He's a good Joe...
499
00:38:55,908 --> 00:38:57,876
...but he's got a touch of leprosy.
500
00:38:58,077 --> 00:39:00,409
Just don't shake his hand too hard.
501
00:39:01,013 --> 00:39:02,913
See you around, Slinky.
502
00:39:04,817 --> 00:39:06,978
Well, that's the way it goes.
503
00:39:09,788 --> 00:39:12,689
But if you ever get lonely, Fred,
you just call me.
504
00:39:13,292 --> 00:39:15,089
You know how to dial, don't you?
505
00:39:15,294 --> 00:39:17,762
Just put your finger
in the little round hole.
506
00:39:17,963 --> 00:39:19,863
I'll write it down.
507
00:39:34,013 --> 00:39:36,106
What do you say, kid?
No school today?
508
00:39:36,615 --> 00:39:40,176
Keep riding me, Mac. They'll bury you
in 42 different cemeteries.
509
00:39:40,886 --> 00:39:41,944
Cranky, aren't you?
510
00:39:42,154 --> 00:39:45,317
That happens when your
second teeth start coming in.
511
00:39:51,664 --> 00:39:52,494
Blubber?
512
00:39:55,100 --> 00:39:57,159
Who you calling ''Blubber''?
513
00:40:11,216 --> 00:40:14,049
Over here, Mr. Peckinpaugh.
514
00:40:21,226 --> 00:40:23,820
I am Jasper Blubber.
515
00:40:24,029 --> 00:40:25,087
What a relief.
516
00:40:25,297 --> 00:40:28,494
I was afraid I'd have to page you.
They would've beat my brains in.
517
00:40:28,701 --> 00:40:30,430
You drink of course?
518
00:40:30,903 --> 00:40:31,870
Why not?
519
00:40:32,071 --> 00:40:32,969
One Gin Sling.
520
00:40:34,506 --> 00:40:35,871
I'd rather hav...
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