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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
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Carl Reiner director

previously directed The Jerk

Film noir parody that uses scenes from 30's and 40's era film noir movies intercut with new scenes. The cutting is done in such a way that Steve Martin appears to be holding a conversation with the characters in the older movies.

Trivia:

Steve Martin makes a reference in his scene "with" Charles Laughton to The Hunchback of Norte Dome. Charles Laughton was in a version of The Hunchback of Norte Dome.

Quote: Cary Grant

You don't smoke, do you?

Rigby Reardon

No, I have tuberculosis.

Cary Grant

Oh, thank heaven for that.

Writers
	Carl Reiner	writer
	George Gipe	writer
	Steve Martin	writer

Cast
	Steve Martin	Rigby Reardon
	Rachel Ward	Juliet Forrest
	Alan Ladd	(in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
	Carl Reiner	Field Marshall VonKluck
	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)
	Ingrid Bergman	(in "Notorious") (archive footage)
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General Information Edit

Name	Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
US Release	May 21, 1982
UK Release
AUS Release
Runtime	89
Language(s)	Add a new language English
Genre(s)	Add a new genre Comedy Crime Thriller
Theme(s)	Add a new theme parody
Rating	PG
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