Review – The Cheap Detective

Come in looking for a Neil Simon send-up of hard-boiled detective movies, and you’ll get just exactly what you expect. One should really be a fan of the genre – or at least have seen Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon – before trying to get much amusement out of this. But most of the humor is entertaining in a dinner theater sort of way if you’re in on the jokes. The cast is a who’s who of 70s comedy cinema, headed up by Peter Falk in the title role. Mildly amusing