Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid

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film neo-noir comedy film

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid is a 1982 neo-noir comedy film that parodies classic detective movies by blending new footage with clips from vintage Hollywood films.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
neo-noir comedy film ⓘ
cinematographyBy Michael Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Carl Reiner NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Bud Molin NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ
leadActorForCharacterRigbyReardon Steve Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ
leadCharacter Rigby Reardon NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy Miklós Rózsa NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature blends new footage with clips from vintage Hollywood films ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
parodies classic detective films ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
producer William E. McEuen NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate 1982-05-21 ⓘ
releaseYear 1982 ⓘ
setting Los Angeles ⓘ
starring Alan Ladd NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ava Gardner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Barbara Stanwyck NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bette Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burt Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carl Reiner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cary Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charles Boyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charles Laughton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edward G. Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fred MacMurray NERFINISHED ⓘ
Humphrey Bogart NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ingrid Bergman NERFINISHED ⓘ
James Cagney NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joan Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kirk Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lana Turner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marlene Dietrich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rachel Ward NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ray Milland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reni Santoni NERFINISHED ⓘ
Steve Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Veronica Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vincent Price NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 1940s-style detective era ⓘ
title Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer Carl Reiner NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Gipe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Steve Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Michael Chapman → notableWork → Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid ⓘ
Michael Chapman → workedOn → Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid ⓘ
Carl Reiner → notableWork → Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
William E. McEuen → notableWork → Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid ⓘ
Aspen Film Society → notableWork → Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid ⓘ
Bud Molin → notableWork → Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid ⓘ
Bud Molin → edited → Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid ⓘ