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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Lou forces Blubber's gunsel (Paul Williams) to inflict one of these on ''himself''.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Lou forces Blubber's gunsel (Paul Williams) (Music/PaulWilliams) to inflict one of these on ''himself''.
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* IHaveManyNames: Creator/MadelineKahn's character, credited as "Mrs. Montenegro", gives a new name every time she appears, often several in one scene.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Damascus loudly objects to Lou forcing the gunsel to beat ''himself'' up.
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* Determinator: [[spoiler:Marcel.]] He's so fixed on reclaiming the diamonds that he stays alive for ten years after being shot in the chest, bleeding all the while.
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* ColorAnimalCodename: The characters mention their nicknames while talking to each other. Colonel Schlissel is the Black Fox, Paul [=DuChard=] is the Silver Wolf, Marlene [=DuChard=] is the White Swan. Also PlayedForLaughs: two minor Nazi officers are called the Gray Rabbit and the Blue Chipmunk.
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The film is an AffectionateParody of Creator/HumphreyBogart movies such as ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' and ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', but manages to get a few shots in at the FilmNoir genre in general. Creator/PeterFalk stars as Lou Peckinpaugh, a detective in the Sam Spade mold. As with ''Murder by Death'', there's no shortage of comedic icons to share the spotlight.
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The film is an AffectionateParody of Creator/HumphreyBogart movies such as ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'' and ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', but manages to get a few shots in at the FilmNoir genre in general. Creator/PeterFalk stars as Lou Peckinpaugh, a detective in the Sam Spade mold. As with ''Murder by Death'', there's no shortage of comedic icons to share the spotlight.
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* SeriousBusiness: The ''Casablanca'' parody segment is about trying to open a restaurant that caters to French refugees. For some reason LaResistance and the Nazis feel the need to get involved in this.
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* TheChanteuse: Eileen Brennan as Miss [[WesternAnimation/BettyBoop Betty DeBoop]].
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Floyd Merkle, Private Eye, is found dead-- killed so abruptly that he didn't even have time to fall down. It's up to his partner, Lou, to solve Merkle's last case, prove his own innocence, outwit the Nazis, and find the greatest lost treasure of all time-- all while dealing with the strangest people ever to loiter on a San Francisco street on a dark, rainy night...
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Floyd Merkle, Private Eye, is found dead-- killed so abruptly that he didn't even have time to fall down. It's up to his partner, Lou, to solve Merkle's last case, prove his own innocence, outwit the Nazis, and find the greatest lost treasure of all time-- all while dealing with the strangest people ever to loiter on a San Francisco UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco street on a dark, rainy night...
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It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a detective in the Creator/HumphreyBogart mold. As in ''Murder by Death'', there's no shortage of comedic icons to share the spotlight. The film is an AffectionateParody of Bogart movies such as ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' and ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'', but manages to get a few shots in at the FilmNoir genre in general.
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* LoveDodecahedron: Lou is either pursued by or has a romantic history with half a dozen women over the course of the film: Georgia Merkle, widow of his murdered partner; Betty [=DeBoop=], nightclub singer; "Mrs Montenegro", a woman of dozens of aliases (and hair colours); Marlene [=DuChard=], resistance hero's wife and former lover of Lou's; Jezebel Dezire, FemmeFatale; and Bess, his secretary and GirlFriday. At the end of the film, he ends up with [[spoiler:all of them - except Georgia, who goes to jail for the murder of her husband and five other people]].[[note]] The characters are, in order, parodies of Iva Archer from ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon'', the unnamed singer played by Corinna Mura in ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', Brigid O'Shaughnessy from ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon'', Ilsa Lund Laszlo from ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'', Carmen Sternwood from ''Film/TheBigSleep'', and Effie Perrine from ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon''.[[/note]]
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'''''The Cheap Detective''''' is a 1978 American satirical comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore. It was a follow-up and SpiritualSequel to Simon and Moore's earlier film, ''MurderByDeath''.
It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a detective in the Humphrey Bogart mold. As in ''Murder by Death'', there's no shortage of comedic icons to share the spotlight. The film is an AffectionateParody of Bogart movies such as ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' and ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'', but manages to get a few shots in at the FilmNoir genre in general.
It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a detective in the Humphrey Bogart mold. As in ''Murder by Death'', there's no shortage of comedic icons to share the spotlight. The film is an AffectionateParody of Bogart movies such as ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' and ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'', but manages to get a few shots in at the FilmNoir genre in general.
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'''''The Cheap Detective''''' is a 1978 American satirical comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore. It was a follow-up and SpiritualSequel to Simon and Moore's earlier film, ''MurderByDeath''.
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It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a detective in theHumphrey Bogart Creator/HumphreyBogart mold. As in ''Murder by Death'', there's no shortage of comedic icons to share the spotlight. The film is an AffectionateParody of Bogart movies such as ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'' and ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'', but manages to get a few shots in at the FilmNoir genre in general.
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* LockedIntoStrangeness: Parodied. Miss Montenegro once dropped a live electrical wire in Pepe Damascus's bathtub. He survived, but with extremely curly hair.
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* ThoseWackyNazis: Colonel Schlissel and his henchmen.
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* ThoseWackyNazis: Colonel Schlissel and his henchmen.
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* AffectionateParody: Definitely. The more you love Noir and Bogart films, the more you'll love this movie.
* TheChanteuse: Eileen Brennan as Miss [[BettyBoop Betty DeBoop]].
* LockedIntoStrangeness: Parodied. Miss Montenegro once dropped a live electrical wire in Pepe Damascus's bathtub. He survived, but with extremely curly hair.
* AffectionateParody: Definitely. The more you love Noir and Bogart films, the more you'll love this movie.
* TheChanteuse: Eileen Brennan as Miss [[BettyBoop Betty DeBoop]].
* LockedIntoStrangeness: Parodied. Miss Montenegro once dropped a live electrical wire in Pepe Damascus's bathtub. He survived, but with extremely curly hair.
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The Cheap Detective is a 1978 American satirical comedy film written by Neil Simon and directed by Robert Moore. It was a follow-up and SpiritualSequel to Simon and Moore's earlier film, MurderByDeath
It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a detective in the Humphrey Bogart mold. As with MurderByDeath, there's no shortage of comedic icons to share the spotlight. The film is an AffectionateParody of Bogart movies such as Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon, but manages to get a few shots in at the Noir genre in general.
Floyd Merkle, Private Eye, is found dead-- killed so abruptly that he didn't even have time to fall down. It's up to his partner, Lou, to solve Merkle's last case, prove his own innocence, outwit the Nazis, and find the greatest lost treasure of all time-- all while dealing with the strangest people ever to loiter on a San Francisco street on a dark, rainy night...
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It stars Peter Falk as Lou Peckinpaugh, a detective in the Humphrey Bogart mold. As with MurderByDeath, there's no shortage of comedic icons to share the spotlight. The film is an AffectionateParody of Bogart movies such as Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon, but manages to get a few shots in at the Noir genre in general.
Floyd Merkle, Private Eye, is found dead-- killed so abruptly that he didn't even have time to fall down. It's up to his partner, Lou, to solve Merkle's last case, prove his own innocence, outwit the Nazis, and find the greatest lost treasure of all time-- all while dealing with the strangest people ever to loiter on a San Francisco street on a dark, rainy night...
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