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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:17
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Martin plays the role of Rigby Reardon, an inept private eye who comes to the aid of a wealthy and beautiful heiress. The film is cleverly interspliced with clips from classic detective films of... Martin plays the role of Rigby Reardon, an inept private eye who comes to the aid of a wealthy and beautiful heiress. The film is cleverly interspliced with clips from classic detective films of the past. [More]
Starring: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Reni Santoni, Carl Reiner
Starring: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Reni Santoni, Carl Reiner
Director: Carl Reiner
Director: Carl Reiner
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Reviews for Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
This is Carl Reiner's cleverly adapted spoof on noir films of the post-World War 11 days.
A parlor trick, but the kind -- an inquiring jester making his way through the ghosts of cinema's past -- that gets Godard at the Moviola to layer Histoire(s) together
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is a thoroughly entertaining spoof of Hollywood private eye movies.
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