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	tvdvdreviews.com -- The Singing Detective DVD Review
		The 1986 BBC miniseries The Singing Detective is a brilliantly hypnotic masterpiece of human redemption presented as a pastiche of film noir, medical drama, and lush musical.
		Marlow is a writer of cheap detective novels, an occupation he feels was almost preordained by his given name.
		The Singing Detective is not dealt with in much detail here, but the program does give insight into Potter's personality and the relationship between his life and his work.
	www.tvdvdreviews.com /singing.html (1445 words)

	The Singing Detective (2003)
		Plot: Dan Dark, a writer of cheap detective novels, is hospitalized with an extreme case of psoriasis, which has crippled his joints and left his body covered with sores.
		However Dark suspects that she and her lover, the villainous Mark Binney, who also appears as a character in the detective world and his childhood memories, are trying to steal the screenplay and sell it themselves.
		Here the detective tale is just a handful of scenes with no narrative thread, whereas in the series they had their own entire story.
	www.moria.co.nz /fantasy/singingdetective03.htm (1198 words)

	Washington Blade Online
		The hard-boiled detective theorizes aloud that the young man delivered pizzas to the dead man. Eventually, he was corrupted by big tips and moved in with the guy.
		The detective is a firm believer in the old fallacy that all gays are rich, and he deeply resents people with money.
		Gradually, the detective slowly steers the conversation toward a revelation about the rather lurid underbelly of his own existence, and Ayun Fedorcha’s lighting becomes less naturalistic and more intensely dramatic.
	www.washblade.com /2003/12-12/arts/theater (619 words)

	Henrietta Leavitt Flat Screen Planetarium: Black Hole in NGC 4261
		The search for fl holes has a lot in common with reading cheap detective novels — you run into a lot of circumstantial evidence, smoking guns, and mysterious strangers speaking in unusual languages.
		But, reading cheap detective novels can be fun, and so can looking for fl holes.
		In the case of NGC 4261, our Holmesian detective is an astronomer,who sees the jets brazenly coming out of the center of the galaxy.
	www.thespacewriter.com /bh.html (2115 words)

	The Cheap Detective
		Spoofing the entire 1940s detective genre, and his own performances as a bumbling private detective, Peter Falk plays Lou Pekinpaugh, a San Francisco private detective accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress, the partner's wife, Georgia Merkle (Marsha Mason).
		Police Lieutenant DiMaggio (Vic Tayback) has his eye on Lou and blunders around in a way which complicates Lou's efforts to clear his name.
		In this madcap comedy written by Neil Simon, obstacles and complications appear every few minutes, and a great many famous actors show up in hilarious cameos.
	www.findthefun.com /movies/m00/m0013805.htm (129 words)

	Buy The Singing Detective [2003] - Cheap The Singing Detective [2003] Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It was a daring (and some might say foolhardy) assignment to film Dennis Potter's screenplay, written out of Potter's desire to see his semi-autobiographical drama in feature-length form, but Gordon rose to the occasion with a superlative cast led by Robert Downey Jr, intense as ever as Potter's on-screen alter ego.
		While many critics called this a noble failure, The Singing Detective captures the essence of Potter's story, offering a welcome alternative to the acknowledged superiority of the miniseries.
		This is a reasonable attempt to recreate Potter's dystopia cubed, with a reasonable performance from enfant terrible, Downey Jun. However, while I believe that this film is based on a new, revised script by Dennis Potter, it is, in my view, a rather crude alternative to the BBC original.
	www.shopperheaven.org.uk /ItemId/B00029RDS6 (368 words)

	Mt. Holz Science Fiction Society
		He did not want to risk his career on a first time director, one John Huston, son of an actor, who was to direct his own screenplay of a detective novel.
		A marvelous evocation of the pre-war hard-boiled detective story from a time when $200 was a healthy fee for a private dick.
		As a matter of personal taste, I find THE CHEAP DETECTIVE to be by far the funnier of the two films.
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	DVD review of Cheap Detective, The - DVD Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		You don’t have to be familiar with “Casablanca” or “The Maltese Falcon” to appreciate the humor of “The Cheap Detective,” but it helps.
		Columbia TriStar present “The Cheap Detective” in a healthy 2.13:1 ratio widescreen on one side of the disc and a conventional pan-and-scan rendering on
		Then, there are a few talent files, a booklet insert of production notes, twenty-eight scene selections, and two theatrical trailers--one for “The Cheap Detective” and another for “Murder By Death.” Both trailers are in pan-and-scan, however, and both have seen better days.
	www.dvdtown.com /reviews/review.asp?id=9076&reviewid=919 (1024 words)

	: The Cheap Detective
		It's a camp parody of Humphrey Bogart's 1940s detective flicks (particularly The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep), with a big dose of Casablanca thrown in for good measure.
		Unfortunately, it's not Neil Simon's best work--he's better at character comedy such as The Odd Couple and The Goodbye Girl than this kind of slapstick--but there are a few good lines and the cast gives it their best.
		Peter Falk does an impressive Bogart impersonation as gumshoe Lou Peckenpah throughout "The Cheap Detective," doing such a fine job that you'll never confuse Lou with Lieutenant Columbo.
	www.seven-sisters.com /B00005Q4D6.shtml (498 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - The Cheap Detective
		The Cheap Detective, which might also be called Son of Casablanca, is a hilarious and loving takeoff on all 1940s Warner Bros private eye and foreign intrigue mellers.
		The time is 1940, San Francisco, where clumsy gumshoe Peter Falk is accused of murdering his partner, whose wife Marsha Mason (in early Janet Leigh curls) has been Falk's mistress.
		Detective Vic Tayback and assistants regularly blunder into matters.
	www.variety.com /article/VE1117789855 (267 words)

	Turner Classic Movies This Month Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Essentially picking up where he left off with his Sam Spade send-up of Murder by Death, Peter Falk steps into the gumshoes of Lou Peckinpaugh, a private eye plying his trade in the "fictional" city of San Francisco in the days when WWII was just a-looming.
		Lou is faced with the daunting tasks of tying up all the plot threads and choosing which of the several femme fatales that he'll walk off into the sunset with.
		A few years before the Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker team got to establish their precept that genre spoofs work better with players that aren't typed to comic roles, The Cheap Detective offers similar evidence through the surprisingly funny contributions of Lamas and his befuddled take on Paul Henreid.
	www.turnerclassicmovies.com /ThisMonth/Article/0,,33746\|33748\|25888,00.html (737 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Cheap Detective (Widescreen/Full Screen) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		All the female characters in The Cheap Detective have soild, yet very funny roles.
		"The Cheap Detective" is a yet another masterpiece penned by Neil Simon who brought you "The Odd Couple" and "California Suite." This film is excellent, starring a wonderful cast consisting of Peter Falk, Madeline Kahn, Dom DeLuise, Fernando Lamos, Eileen Brennen, Ann Margaret, Stockard Channing, James Coco,Louise Flecter, Marsha Mason, and Sid Caeser.
		"The Cheap Detective" showcases the talent of the late, great Madeline Kahn, in a role which required her to assume a multitude of names.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005Q4D6 (867 words)

	The Cheap Detective Movie: The Cheap Detective DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		The Cheap Detective Movie: The Cheap Detective DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		Neil Simon's spoof of CASABLANCA and THE MALTESE FALCON, among others, tells the story of private detective Lou Peckinpaugh (Falk), a man accused of killing his own partner.
		As Peckinpaugh follows a trail of looney characters around San Francisco, he uncovers a plot involving a dozen diamonds hidden in an egg carton.
	www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/043396903999IE (178 words)

	DVDLaser: the largest database of DVD reviews on the web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Neither the first nor the last lampoon of Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon, The Cheap Detective is Neil Simon's take on Bogart-mania, with Peter Falk in the title role and a confusing array of plots and cameo performers surrounding him.
		None of the episodes are as strong as the best ones appearing in the previous set, but all have engaging guest stars and memorable situations.
		As a reprise for the uninitiated: Falk’s Columbo is a slovenly-looking murder detective who wears down his opponents' cleverness with determination and clear thinking.
	www.dvdlaser.com /cf/detail.cfm?ID=20696 (944 words)

	The Cheap Detective (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A supremely silly spoof of Bogart movies, The Cheap Detective uncomfortably combines elements of (primarily) The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca, with wildly uneven results.
		The Cheap Detective is one of those goofy films that can be enjoyed to the fullest if you’re in the right mood (or if you’ve had a few drinks).
		Columbia has produced an excellent transfer of the film, starting with source material that is in very good condition.
	www.classicsondvd.com /cheapd.htm (293 words)

	dOc DVD Review: The Cheap Detective (1978)
		Two years before the Zucker brothers released their box-office hit, Neil Simon and director Robert Moore created The Cheap Detective, an amusing take-off on the film noir boom of the 1940s.
		Much of it works, but he also seems to willing to go for the cheap sex joke, and some of the physical comedy feels a bit staged.
		The Cheap Detective will be funniest for those who have at least a tenuous grasp of the source material, but Simon's wordplay is sharp enough that even the uninitiated will find something to enjoy.
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=1846 (995 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Easy Shot -- Jul. 10, 1978 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		THE CHEAP DETECTIVE Directed by Robert Moore Screenplay by Neil SimonTo risk an inappropriate word for so commercial an enterprise, The Cheap Detective is the spiritual rather than the direct sequel to Murder by Death, which did so nicely at the box office two summers ago.
		That film had the same writer, same producer, same director, even some of the same cast as Detective.
		Most important, the two movies share the notion that a charming pastiche of a beloved popular cultural form can turn a tidy profit in the nostalgia market.
	www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,946833,00.html (152 words)

	Programming Tutorials - Books : Groucho Marx, Master Detective
		This is one of those books that you wish had been written back when Groucho could have played the lead himself or that some enterprising person working for Mystery (on PBS) would turn into one of their series as a change of pace from their more serious fare.
		Ron Goulart's amusing (what would you expect with a Marx brother?) fictional accounting of a zany murder chase is not so farsical as it seems.
		"Groucho Marx, Master Detective" is not a compelling mystery in which you try to figure out the clues one step ahead of the sleuth, but it is fun to have Groucho alive and kicking.
	www.programmertutorials.com /ItemId/031218106X (438 words)

	Abaxial Cameras :: The Cheap Detective
		Comment: Peter Falk does an impressive Bogart impersonation as gumshoe Lou Peckenpah throughout "The Cheap Detective," doing such a fine job that you'll never confuse Lou with Lieutenant Columbo.
		Most times it doesn't, and there are huge stretches in "The Cheap Detective" where you'll be grateful that you can stop the DVD, take a nice long break, and return to it later.
		While unquestionably affectionate, Simon's satire lacks the bite that Mel Brooks possessed during the same time period, and "The Cheap Detective" could have used a sharper parody attack during its slower moments.
	www.abaxial.com /index.php?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=B00005Q4D6 (577 words)

	Detective - Wal-Mart
		An unhappily married couple (Nathalie Baye and Claude Brasseur) attempts to collect a debt from a boxing manager with ties to the mob.
		A hotel detective tries to solve a two-year old murder case with his tense nephew.
		Godard ties the two stories together to present his own views on modern life, ranging from pornography to language to film itself.
	www.walmart.com /catalog/product.gsp?product_id=1097582 (646 words)

	shop-city.com > DVD : Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The 1994 box-office hit that turned comedy maniac Jim Carrey into Hollywood's first $20-million man, this gag-filled no-brainer stars Carrey as the titular rubber-faced gumshoe who tracks down lost pets for his heartbroken clients.
		One viewing may suffice for a lot of people, but Carrey's hyper antics have made Ace Ventura: Pet Detective one of the bestselling videos of the 1990s.
		Carrey plays "Ace" a pet detective, who gets involved in solving the missing case of a dolphin from the Miami Dolphin's training camp.
	www.shop-city.com /ItemId/0790732157 (495 words)

	The Cheap Detective (DVD)
		The Cheap Detective is a hilarious Humphrey Bogart send-up, blending the plots of Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon with the comedic vision of Neil Simon.
		Peter Falk is Lou Peckingpaugh, the worldly, cynical gumshoe who takes on thugs, crooks, Nazis, femme fatales and the Golden Gate Bridge in this terrific tribute to Bogie and the Hammett/Chandler school of hard-boiled detectives.
		The Cheap Detective is the perfect entertainment for anyone who loves Bogart, films of the forties, or a good healthy laugh.
	www.dvdworldonline.com /DVD/TheCheapDetective.asp?REFERER=YO7861 (246 words)

	The Cheap Detective (1978) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tagline: He knows every cheap trick, cheap joke, cheap shot and cheap dame in the book.
		Plot Outline: A combined parody of The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Casablanca (1942): San Francisco, 1940, detectives, dames, documents, Nazis, a treasure...
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	Moviefone: The Cheap Detective Movie: MAIN
		Synopsis: Spoofing the entire 1940s detective genre, and his own performances as a bumbling private detective, Peter Falk plays Lou Pekinpaugh, a San Francisco...
		The Cheap Detective, Robert Moore, Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan, Sid Caesar, Stockard Channing, James Coco, Dom DeLuise, Louise Fletcher,...
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	Business & Health: Cracking the big case: you won't need a cheap detective to solve those catastrophic health care ...
		Business and Health: Cracking the big case: you won't need a cheap detective to solve those catastrophic health care cases.
		Here are some clues for how to do it on your own - includes related information on the hallmarks of effective case management
		Cracking the big case: you won't need a cheap detective to solve those catastrophic health care cases.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0903/is_n5_v9/ai_10743396 (1371 words)

	Lou Peckinpaugh
		LOU PECKINPAUGH is The Cheap Detective, in Neil Simon's film of the same name.
		A decent take-off on about a thousand B-films, particularly The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca, it's got enough eccentric characters and loopy plotlines (and a cast of thousands!) to stand up nicely beside some of its targets.
		It's a sort of follow-up to Simon's better-known mystery satire, Murder by Death (1976), which included Falk as similarly rumpled P.I. Sam Diamond.
	www.thrillingdetective.com /peckin.html (309 words)

	Amazon.ca: L.A.Detective: Search Results Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Morality for Beautiful Girls: More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
		The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency -- by Alexander McCall Smith
		Tears of the Giraffe: More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency -- by Alexander Mccall Smith (Author)
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/external-search?tag=bookstore0e86-20&keyword=L.A.Detective&mode=books (219 words)

	IGN: Cheap Detective, The Trailer, Wallpaper, Pictures, Soundtrack and More.
		IGN: Cheap Detective, The Trailer, Wallpaper, Pictures, Soundtrack and More.
		Bottom Shelf Video Review: Murder by Death and The Cheap Detective - February 13, 2004
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