Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Name: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 1 hr. 29 min.
Rating: 77
Cast: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Carl Reiner, Reni Santoni, George Gaynes

1982, Comedy, 1h 29m

26 Reviews 10,000+ Ratings

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is more eleaborate pastiche than uproarious comedy, but the farce works thanks to the sly lampooning of Hollywood noir and Steve Martin's performance as a goofy gumshoe. Read critic reviews

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When a famous cheese maker dies in a freak car crash, his daughter (Rachel Ward) is convinced that it was no accident. She thinks he was murdered for his top-secret cheese recipes. To prove her theory, she hires detective Roy Reardon (Steve Martin). His quest to find out what happened to the missing man brings him face-to-face with movie legends, actors such as Humphrey Bogart, Alan Ladd and Burt Lancaster, via footage from classic film noir and crime films.