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- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is more eleaborate pastiche than uproarious comedy, but the farce works thanks to the sly lampooning of Hollywood noir and Steve Martin's performance as a goofy gumshoe.
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Jul 3, 2020 · For those not in the know, DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID is an affectionate spoof of 1940's film noir with extreme attention to detail, helped by the fact that much of the behind the scenes talent...
Dr. Forrest. Watchlist. When a famous cheese maker dies in a freak car crash, his daughter (Rachel Ward) is convinced that it was no accident. She thinks he was murdered for his top-secret cheese...
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- Carl Reiner
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- Steve Martin
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is a 1982 American neo-noir mystery comedy film directed, co-written by, and co-starring Carl Reiner and co-written by and starring Steve Martin. Co-starring Rachel Ward, the film is both a parody of and a homage to film noir and the pulp detective films of the 1940s.
- $9 million
- May 21, 1982
- William E. McEuen, Richard McWhorter, David V. Picker
208. As the private eyes of private eyes, Steve Martin is Rigby Reardon. He's tough, rough and ready to take on anything when Juliet Forrest (Rachel Ward) appears on the scene with a case: her...
May 21, 2022 · Steve Martin and Carl Reiner’s film noir homage/pastiche Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid may be a stunt, but the meticulous yet free-spirited collage of detective movie cliches and...
- Dennis Perkins
May 21, 1982 · Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid: Directed by Carl Reiner. With Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner. Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.
Oct 5, 2021 · The editing combined with the dialogue for Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid makes the film exceptionally clever and hilarious. A whole film structured around pre-existing movie clips is quite a great feat, but writers George Gripe, Reiner, and Martin somehow pulled it off.
