Rent Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
3.5 of 5 from 151 ratings
1h 24min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- As the private eye of private eyes, Steve Martin is Rigby Reardon. He's tough, rough and ready to take on anything when Juliet Forrest appears on the scene with a case: her father, a noted scientist, philanthropist and cheesemarker has died mysteriously. Reardon immediately smells a rat and follows a complex maze of clues that lead to the 'Carlotta Lists'. With a little help from his 'friends' Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Burt Lancaster, Humphrey Bogart, Charles Laughton, and others, Reardon gets his man.
- Actors:
- Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner, Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Veronica Lake, Bette Davis, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Kirk Douglas, Fred MacMurray, James Cagney, Joan Crawford, Reni Santoni
- Directors:
- Carl Reiner
- Producers:
- William E. McEuen, David V. Picker
- Writers:
- Carl Reiner, George Gipe, Steve Martin
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Comedy
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 10/04/2017
- Run Time:
- 89 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
- Subtitles:
- None
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Original Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (2) of Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
A masterpiece. - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid review by JD
Easily Steve Martin's best film (Man with 2 brains second). I've seen it twice. There are millions of throw away lines and images which are completely brilliant.
1 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Spoof Film Noir - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid review by NO
Silly Story but humorous dialogue and amazing clips of my favourite films.Very clever.Apart from the "cleaning lady" scenes it flows quite nicely.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.