Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

Blu-ray • Watched 1 time

PG Comedy, Mystery • 1h 29m • 77% (Rotten Tomatoes) • 6.8/10 (IMDb) • 7/10 (Nick)

Laugh...or I’ll blow your lips off!

Overview

Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from real noirs appear as scenes from various films are intercut.

Director

Carl Reiner

Cast

Steve Martin

Rachel Ward

Alan Ladd

(in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)

Carl Reiner

Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck

Barbara Stanwyck

(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)

Ray Milland

(in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)

Ava Gardner

(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)

Burt Lancaster

(in "The Killers") (archive footage)

Humphrey Bogart

(in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)

Cary Grant

(in "Suspicion") (archive footage)

Ingrid Bergman

(in "Notorious") (archive footage)

Veronica Lake

(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

Bette Davis

(in "Deception") (archive footage)

Lana Turner

(in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)

Edward Arnold

(in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)

Kirk Douglas

(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)

Fred MacMurray

(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)

James Cagney

(in "White Heat") (archive footage)

Joan Crawford

(in "Humoresque") (archive footage)

Reni Santoni

Carlos Rodriguez