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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.
- (23K)
- Carl Reiner
- PG
- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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
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
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. 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 father, a noted scientist, philanthropist and cheesemaker, haS died mysteriously.
- 88 min
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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...
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- Comedy
- PG
DEAD MEN DON T WEAR PLAID. When a famous cheese maker dies in a freak car crash, his daughter (Ward) is convinced that it was no accident. She thinks he was murdered for his top-secret cheese recipes. To prove her theory, she hires detective Roy Reardon (Martin).
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