Cheap Detective, The (1978) - (Movie Clip) Accent On The Desire

Name: Cheap Detective, The (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Accent On The Desire
Uploaded: 2015-08-17T00:00:00-04:00
Duration: 3 min 45 s
Description: Peter Falk as writer Neil Simons parody private-eye Lou Peckinpaugh meets second-billed Ann-Margret, as Jezebel Dezire, and Sid Caesar as her less-functional husband Ezra, much talked-about but introduced a full hour into the film, in the Bogart-based The Cheap Detective, 1978.

Peter Falk as writer Neil Simon’s parody private-eye Lou Peckinpaugh meets second-billed Ann-Margret, as Jezebel Dezire, and Sid Caesar as her less-functional husband Ezra, much talked-about but introduced a full hour into the film, in the Bogart-based The Cheap Detective, 1978.

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