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Peter Falk Channels Bogie in Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Apr 26, 2021

A befuddled Lou Peckinpah.Following the success of his romantic comedy The Goodbye Girl (1977), Neil Simon returned to the zany spoof formula of Murder By Death (1976). Indeed, The Cheap Detective could have been a sequel to Murder By Death with Peter Falk reprising his role of Sam Di read more

The Cheap Detective (1978, Robert Moore)

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Oct 13, 2018

It was until after The Cheap Detective was over I realized there’s never anything about Peter Falk’s fee. It’s not clear whether he’s cheap or not. It’s never addressed. It’s one of the many things Neil Simon’s screenplay never gets around to addressing, like if the third act is all a read more