# The Cheap Detective How many movies? Spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheap-detective-how-many-movies-spoilers/545022 "2010-06-30T02:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheap-detective-how-many-movies-spoilers/545022/1 "2010-06-30T02:32:13Z")
How many Bogart movies are satirized in this movie? I count: The Maltese Falcon Casablanca The Big Sleep To Have and Have Not. > [@Lou Peckinpaugh](#): > > Don’t call me darling in front of the police with a dead husband. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheap-detective-how-many-movies-spoilers/545022/2 "2010-06-30T04:53:20Z")
I saw _The Cheap Detective_ when it came out. Maybe I was too young or not well-versed enough in the genre, but I hated it. It seems to have a bit of a following now. Maybe they’ll show it on one of the movie channels (TCM, Flix, etc.) and I can give it another viewing. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cheap-detective-how-many-movies-spoilers/545022/3 "2010-06-30T13:01:34Z")
Folks who haven’t seen at least Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon generally hate it.