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In 1982, Carl Reiner and Steve Martin unveiled their latest collaboration. The second of four films together, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid would take the concept of collaboration to a new level, with the intersplicing of scenes from eighteen classic detective/film noir thrillers into the narrative.
As the private eyes of private eyes, Steve Martin is Rigby Reardon. He's tough, rough and ready to take on anything when Juliet Forrest (Rachel Ward) appears on the scene with a case: her father, a noted scientist, philanthropist and cheesemaker, had died mysteriously. Reardon immediately smells a rat and follows a complex maze of clues that lead him to the "Carlotta Lists". With a little help ...
I liked Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid a lot in 1982, but now it’s merely clever and fitfully amusing. The idea of a private-eye spoof built around clips from films from the 40s, with the exception of In a Lonely Place , sounds promising, but more thought could have been put into choosing the clips, integrating them with the new footage, and the writing of the Martin-Ward-Reiner scenes.
The real joy is watching the archive footage of all those wonderful actors and actresses in those timeless masterpieces. Spotting stars such as Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Bette Davis, Ray Milland, Vincent Price and Ingrid Bergman all but to name a few was a delight in itself. Also the finale while silly is great fun.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. Available on Hulu, Sling TV. As the private eyes of private eyes, Steve Martin is Rigby Reardon. He's tough, rough and ready to take on anything when Juliet Forrest (Rachel Ward) appears on the scene with a case: her father, a noted scientist, philanthropist and cheesemaker, had died mysteriously.
Edit page. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid: Directed by Carl Reiner. With Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner. Film noir parody with a detective uncovering a sinister plot. Characters from classic noir films appear as scenes from various movies interjected into the story.
As the private eyes of private eyes, Steve Martin is Rigby Reardon. He's tough, rough and ready to take on anything when Juliet Forrest (Rachel Ward) appears...
