Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Steve Martin
Rigby Reardon / Screenplay
Rachel Ward
Juliet Forrest
Alan Ladd
(in 'This Gun For Hire') (archive footage)
Carl Reiner
Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck / Screenplay / Director
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
Penny Perry
CastingDirector
Charles Laughton
(in 'The Bribe') (archive footage)
Vincent Price
(in 'The Bribe') (archive footage)
George Gaynes
Dr. Forrest
Francis X. McCarthy
Waiter
Gene LeBell
Hood
William Conrad
(in 'The Killers') (archive footage)
Charles McGraw
(in 'The Killers') (archive footage)
Jeff Corey
(in 'The Killers') (archive footage)
John Miljan
(in 'The Killers') (archive footage)
Brian Donlevy
(in 'The Glass Key') (archive footage)
Norma Varden
(in 'The Glass Key') (archive footage)
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 21, 1982
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Content RatingPG
Budget$9,000,000
Box Office$18,196,170
Genres
Wiki.
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. The title refers to Martin's character telling a story about a woman obsessed with plaid in a scene that was ultimately cut from the film.Edited by Bud Molin, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is partly a collage film, incorporating clips from 19 vintage films. They are combined with new footage of Martin and other actors similarly shot in black-and-white, with the result that the original dialogue and acting of the classic films become part of a completely different story.
Among the actors who appear from classic films are Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Brian Donlevy, Kirk Douglas, Ava Gardner, Cary Grant, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Burt Lancaster, Charles Laughton, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, Edmond O'Brien, Vincent Price, Barbara Stanwyck, and Lana Turner.
This was the last film for both costume designer Edith Head and composer Miklós Rózsa.