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Dead
Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982),
Director: Carl Reiner, rated PG-13 for crude humor
Laugh... or I'll blow your lips off!
  Starring: Steve
Martin, Rachel Ward, George Gaynes, Reni Santoni, Carl Reiner and special
appearances by Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Lana Turner, Burt
Lancaster, Cary Grant, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart to name a few
noir stars.
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★★
- perfect
DML Top 100
#93 -
Dad's Full
(Spoiler) Review and Deep Dive of Dead Men Don't Wear
Plaid
"Carlotta was the kind of
town where they spell trouble T-R-U-B-I-L,
and if you try to correct them, they kill you." - Det. Rigby Reardon
Why watch this?
This Steve Martin comedy stands alone for its incredible creativity.
Plot Summary:
Hardboiled private eye Rigby Reardon is hired by a beautiful
woman to investigate the suspicious death of her scientist
father, who was killed over a secret cheese recipe. While
navigating 1940s Los Angeles, Reardon uncovers a sinister plot
involving lists of friends and enemies, encountering various
suspicious characters along the way.
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Dad's Preview:
Martin's SNL skits were getting stale. His first movie,
The Jerk
(1979),
has its moments, but didn't knock me off my feet. Next
Mr. Martin releases this
comedic treasure - Wow. The film's who-done-it plot consists of
inter-spliced scenes from many of
Hollywood's most famous noir films of the 1940's. We follow detective
Rigby Reardon as he encounters gangsters (Burt Lancaster,
Alan Ladd, Vincent Price) and femme fatales
(Barbara Stanwyck, Lana Turner, Bette Davis) on his way to solving the
big case. Rachel
Ward fogs up the camera as his sultry cohort. It's so good, many
of you will never guess that Martin's scenes interact
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Aspen Film
Society; Universal Pictures |
