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Neil Simon (written by)
Release Date:
23 June 1978 (USA)
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Tagline:
Who dunnit? This time it's Neil Simon who's really dunnit. more
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A combined parody of The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Casablanca (1942): San Francisco, 1940, detectives, dames, documents, Nazis, a treasure... full summary | add synopsis
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Does not quite find the mark
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Peter Falk | ... | Lou Peckinpaugh |
 | Ann-Margret | ... | Jezebel Dezire |
 | Eileen Brennan | ... | Betty DeBoop |
| Sid Caesar | ... | Ezra Dezire |
 | Stockard Channing | ... | Bess |
| James Coco | ... | Marcel |
 | Dom DeLuise | ... | Pepe Damascus |
| Louise Fletcher | ... | Marlene DuChard |
| John Houseman | ... | Jasper Blubber |
 | Madeline Kahn | ... | Mrs. Montenegro |
| Fernando Lamas | ... | Paul DuChard |
| Marsha Mason | ... | Georgia Merkle |
 | Phil Silvers | ... | Hoppy |
| Abe Vigoda | ... | Sergeant Rizzuto |
| Paul Williams | ... | Boy |
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Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective (USA) (complete title)
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92 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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'Madeline Kahn' 'qv' 's character uses 16 names: Denise Manderley, Wanda Coleman, Gilda Dabney, Chloe LaMarr, Alma Chalmers, Alma Palmers, Vivian Purcell, Carmen Montenegro, Diane Glucksman, Mrs. Danvers, Natasha Ublenskaya, Sophie DeVega, Mary Jones, Lady Edwina Morgan St. Paul, Norma Shearer, and Barbara Stanwyck. The name used most is Mrs. Montenegro.
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Anachronisms: The movie takes place in 1939, yet the song sung in the nightclub is 'La Vie En Rose' which was not written until 1946.
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Quotes:
Lou Peckinpaugh:
This is a gin sling!
Jasper Blubber: It is? I was wrong - the waiter's name is Brandy.
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Jasper Blubber: It is? I was wrong - the waiter's name is Brandy.
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Spoofs The Maltese Falcon (1941)
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La vie en rose
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Looking for (but not quite finding) the footsteps of "Murder by Death."
While I love this movie and watch it quite often, it is a rather cheesy knock-off of "Murder by Death." This time spoofing "The Maltese Falcon" and "Casablanca," Neil Simon's hit or miss style misses this time, but only by a small margin.
This movie is not hilarious, nor exceptionally intelligent comedy, but it is still very entertaining. I honestly found "Murder by Death" to be a much more enjoyable experience.
That having been said, this star-studded cast puts forth at least a valid attempt to pull off this sometimes haphazardly written screen play, and hits at least 2 out of 5 punch lines with some effect.
If you are a fan of the Bogie movies which it satirizes, this is definitely a must-see. It is you, for which this movie was written in the first place.
It rates a 6.5/10 from...
the Fiend :.