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.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.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.
Alan Ladd
- The Exterminator
- (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck
- Leona Hastings-Forrest
- (archive footage)
Ray Milland
- Sam Hastings (in 'Lost Weekend')
- (archive footage)
Ava Gardner
- Kitty Collins
- (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
- Swede Anderson
- (archive footage)
Humphrey Bogart
- Phillip Marlowe
- (archive footage)
Cary Grant
- Johnnie Aysgarth
- (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman
- F.X. Huberman
- (archive footage)
Veronica Lake
- Monica Stillpond
- (archive footage)
Bette Davis
- Doris Davermont
- (archive footage)
Lana Turner
- Jimmi-Sue Altfeld
- (archive footage)
Edward Arnold
- Altfeld
- (archive footage)
Kirk Douglas
- Thug Boss
- (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray
- Walter Neff
- (archive footage)
James Cagney
- Captain Cody Jarrett
- (archive footage)
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- TriviaFinal film of legendary costume designer Edith Head. There is a tribute to her and the personnel who worked on films from the Golden Age of Hollywood in the closing credits. Head died a short time after production on the movie had wrapped. Fittingly, the film features many of her earlier designs in cleverly edited clips from old movies. According to Carl Reiner, Head had possession of a hat that Ava Gardner had worn and was protective of the prop.
- GoofsThe newspaper in the opening scene has a large headline saying "Dodgers Lose Again." But that wouldn't have been a big deal for a Los Angeles paper in the 1940s -- the Dodgers didn't move there from Brooklyn until 1958.
- Quotes
[In Rigby's office]
Juliet Forrest: If you need me, just call. You know how to dial, don't you? You just put your finger in the hole and make tiny little circles.
- Crazy creditsAfter the Cast there comes the dedication: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was Edith Head's final film. To her, and to all the brilliant technical and creative people who worked on the films of the 1940's and 1950's, this motion picture is affectionately dedicated.
- ConnectionsEdited from Suspicion (1941)
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Steve Martin's Affectionate Parody of 1940's Thrillers
Rigby Reardon, private eye, runs the gauntlet of hoods, femmes fatales and crazed Nazis as he investigates the death of beautiful Juliet Forrest's father. Who are the mysterious "Friends of Carlotta"? And why does Rigby keep dressing in women's clothes? And where did Juliet learn to do that trick with her lips? This celebration of the black and white movies of the 1940's and 50's is a very clever and very amusing film. Extracts from celluloid classics are skilfully spliced into the action (check out the architectural detail on the doorframe in the Alan Ladd sequence). The film is a vehicle for Martin's comic talent and he carries it off beautifully. Rachel Ward as Juliet is terrific: she can hold her own with the screen goddesses who so liberally populate the film (Bergman, Davis, Turner and Crawford all make inserted appearances). A project like this could easily have come a cropper, but thanks to the brisk direction of Carl Reiner (who has a great cameo) and Steve Martin's ability to dominate the screen, the movie is a resounding success. It's also very funny.
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- Also known as
- Tote tragen keine Karos
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- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $18,196,170
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,289,601
- May 23, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $18,196,170
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) officially released in India in English?
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