Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

Cast

Steve Martin
as Rigby Reardon
Cary Grant
as 'Handsome'
Kirk Douglas
as Thug Boss
Ingrid Bergman
as F.X. Huberman

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Genres & Description

Action Comedy Crime Mystery Thriller

6.8 / 10

Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are "The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta." Searching for answers, Rigby encounters assorted low-lifes: dangerous men and women who were the hallmarks of the classic detective movies of the 40's and 50's. Filming in black and white allows scenes from old movies to be cut into this film. It is through this process that Rigby's assistant is none other than Philip Marlowe himself.

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Cheryl Carter

Carl and Steve.. Hell of a combo... Too funny - @Saturday, August 30, 2014 6:34 AM

Cheryl Carter

Carl and Steve.. Hell of a combo... Too funny - @Saturday, August 30, 2014 6:34 AM

Jim Williamson

Nice that Steve will finally get that "elusive Academy Award"! - @Wednesday, January 15, 2014 5:04 AM

Morahman7vnNo2

Wow, his hair is black for once! - @Monday, May 6, 2013 6:30 AM

Chris Buchanan

The people who 'disliked' must be quite the Dodgers fans. - @Saturday, March 9, 2013 1:20 AM

Andrew Drazdik Jr

Elizabeth Fajans & Mary R. Falk, Shooting From the Lip: United States v. Dickerson, Role [Im]morality, and the Ethics of Legal Rhetoric, 23 U. Haw. L. Rev. 1 (2000). This article would also fit under category iii, Rhetorical Analysis Scholarship, supra nn. 37-40 and accompanying text. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) a "noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot" International Movie Data Base Inc., brief synopsis of work. - @Tuesday, January 29, 2013 6:27 PM

FrapD93

"CLEANING WOMAN!!!?" Wow, he turned into Boris Karloff for a second! - @Monday, December 17, 2012 10:30 PM

Bob .Grant

Great cast. - @Tuesday, December 11, 2012 7:57 PM

HollanderT12345

It feels like I have seen the whole god damn movie! :D - @Friday, November 2, 2012 7:37 PM

Teresa_Elvira

''Guns don't kill detectives, Love does!!'' lololol - @Wednesday, June 6, 2012 11:19 PM

haloquent

"he'll dace in the fange of laughter." well I'm intimidated. - @Monday, May 28, 2012 5:20 PM

Juliaflo

After 30 years, this movie still tickles my funnybone. Did you know this film was filmed in 'DetectoVision'? - @Sunday, March 25, 2012 3:09 AM

Eli Sack

"Whats he payin you boys? I'll double it and we'll beat the shit out of him!" - @Tuesday, January 24, 2012 3:37 AM

hussain miah

but the jerk is amazing - @Sunday, January 8, 2012 7:32 PM

drafe007

ya just put your finger in the hole and make little circles - @Sunday, August 7, 2011 5:54 PM

LightningChimp

By far one of the most obsequious, purple, and clairvoyant movies ever made. - @Thursday, July 21, 2011 2:23 PM

Rick Ramo

Around the same time was the midnight movie classic, J-Men. But, that is irrelevant what is relevant is Rachel Ward. - @Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:19 AM

Marco Klaue

"The people who brought you 'The Jerk' try to make it up to you!" - @Tuesday, September 28, 2010 2:11 AM

coolskater187

Yea the preview was more wild than the movie, but still good with all those old gangster clips sewn into it!! - @Friday, August 27, 2010 3:00 AM

Bob .Grant

Hilarious film with a great central idea to edit classic film into a great parody. - @Wednesday, January 13, 2010 12:12 AM

UpSky2

1:22 & 1:27 - Gin (say a good Tanqueray) actually would / does make a good cologne and after-shave: it's 50 % alchohol, and the rest is mostly oil of juniper and (I think) licorice... smells pleasant too. (But don't bother drinking it. Use cologne responsibly!) - @Tuesday, May 26, 2009 5:37 PM

justice4all72

CLEANING WOMAN!??!?! - @Monday, April 6, 2009 1:43 AM

karaokekongen

the ultimate film noir parody - @Tuesday, February 17, 2009 6:17 PM

Alvaro B

I watched this on TV, and i couldn't stop laughing xD it's great! - @Monday, January 5, 2009 2:36 PM

HansenMöller

Yeah Great movie :) - @Thursday, December 25, 2008 1:01 AM

jim40135

He'll laugh in the face of danger! He'll dace in the fange of laughter! - @Wednesday, April 9, 2008 7:28 PM

Roddie McLaggan

"for 200, I'd shoot my grandmother!" - @Tuesday, March 4, 2008 7:32 PM