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.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.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.
Alan Ladd
- The Exterminator
- (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck
- Leona Hastings-Forrest
- (archive footage)
Ray Milland
- Sam Hastings (in 'Lost Weekend')
- (archive footage)
Ava Gardner
- Kitty Collins
- (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
- Swede Anderson
- (archive footage)
Humphrey Bogart
- Phillip Marlowe
- (archive footage)
Cary Grant
- Johnnie Aysgarth
- (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman
- F.X. Huberman
- (archive footage)
Veronica Lake
- Monica Stillpond
- (archive footage)
Bette Davis
- Doris Davermont
- (archive footage)
Lana Turner
- Jimmi-Sue Altfeld
- (archive footage)
Edward Arnold
- Altfeld
- (archive footage)
Kirk Douglas
- Thug Boss
- (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray
- Walter Neff
- (archive footage)
James Cagney
- Captain Cody Jarrett
- (archive footage)
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- TriviaFinal film of legendary costume designer Edith Head. There is a tribute to her and the personnel who worked on films from the Golden Age of Hollywood in the closing credits. Head died a short time after production on the movie had wrapped. Fittingly, the film features many of her earlier designs in cleverly edited clips from old movies. According to Carl Reiner, Head had possession of a hat that Ava Gardner had worn and was protective of the prop.
- GoofsEverytime Juliet sucks a bullet off Rigby's arm it comes out with its rounded tip pointed inside Juliet's throat and the bullet's flat base is shown on her teeth. It should have been the other way around.
- Quotes
[In Rigby's office]
Juliet Forrest: If you need me, just call. You know how to dial, don't you? You just put your finger in the hole and make tiny little circles.
- Crazy creditsAfter the Cast there comes the dedication: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was Edith Head's final film. To her, and to all the brilliant technical and creative people who worked on the films of the 1940's and 1950's, this motion picture is affectionately dedicated.
- ConnectionsEdited from Suspicion (1941)
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So they don't
An incredible achievement. My mind boggles at the amount of thought, time and effort that must have gone into this superb film. The plot is brilliantly and hilariously convoluted, with screen legends from the 1940s making appearances in amazingly edited scenes, and Steve Martin's trademark absurd humour is present almost all the way. Steve and Rachel Ward have remarkable chemistry, and each of their performances are highly impressive. If it weren't for the bundles of humour employed, one would almost think at times that this actually is a film noir from the 1940s, so legitimate and believable is the 'feel' or the atmosphere of the film.
I cannot believe that some people who commented on this film have said that the plot is merely an excuse to hang old movie clips onto, and not much use at all; and the person who claims that Steve Martin overacts in this movie mustn't realise that this is regarded as one of Steve's more restrained, deadpan comedic performances (the 'cleaning woman!' device turns out to be an important part of the plot and also seems to be a way of using the strangling scene that is taken from the Bette Davis movie - it is also a chance for Steve to get in a very tiny element of his 'wild and crazy guy' persona, which he substituted with a more suitable [for parody] 'straight' performance).
A rousing and side-splittingly funny success - they don't make 'em like this anymore!
I cannot believe that some people who commented on this film have said that the plot is merely an excuse to hang old movie clips onto, and not much use at all; and the person who claims that Steve Martin overacts in this movie mustn't realise that this is regarded as one of Steve's more restrained, deadpan comedic performances (the 'cleaning woman!' device turns out to be an important part of the plot and also seems to be a way of using the strangling scene that is taken from the Bette Davis movie - it is also a chance for Steve to get in a very tiny element of his 'wild and crazy guy' persona, which he substituted with a more suitable [for parody] 'straight' performance).
A rousing and side-splittingly funny success - they don't make 'em like this anymore!
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- andy stew
- Jul 20, 2001
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Tote tragen keine Karos
- Filming locations
- Pasadena, California, USA(Mayfield Senior School)
- Production companies
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- Budget
- $9,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $18,196,170
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,289,601
- May 23, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $18,196,170
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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