Review of The Cheap Detective

Neil Simon was a sophisticated successful writer, on The Cheap Detective he made a tribute for those Bogie's picture as Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep, it wasn't properly funny, it was a satire of all them, having on the not so smart Detective Lou Peckinpaugh (Peter Falk) symbolizing Humphrey Bogart, Neil Simon brings Louise Fletcher as Ingrid Bergman, Fernando Lamas as Paul Henreid, Scathman Crothers as the pianist Sam, John Houseman as the fat Sidney Greenstreet, Dom De Louise as Peter Lorre, also a lot of gorgeous women scattered on the plot as Ann-Margret as authentic femme fatale, Eileen Brennan as the cabaret singer Betty DeBoop, also Madeline Khan as countless fake names client, anyway a humorous parody nearly Murder By Death, made two years before, Peckinpaugh with your odd mannerism trying to be funny, a pale image of Bogie, however the movie brings a nostalgic atmosphere of the detectives stories on Noir pictures, plenty acceptable mainly by Ann-Margret in the peak of her beauty!!

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First watch: 1989 / How many: 5 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7