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He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
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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.
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Mistaken IdentityOverlapping StorylinesUncovering The TruthFarceWhodunit MysteryComic MisadventuresSlapstick SituationsMultiple SuspectsParody Of Film Noir




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Directed by: Robert Moore, John A. Alonzo
Written by: Neil Simon
Produced by: Margaret Booth, Ray Stark
Composed by: Patrick Williams
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