Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) - Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...
( Comedy / Crime / Mystery )

MPAA Rating:

US Runtime: 89 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
May 21, 1982 [USA]

Director:	Carl Reiner

Writers:	George Gipe [Screenplay] Steve Martin [Screenplay] Carl Reiner [Screenplay]

Producers:	William E. McEuen [Producer] David V. Picker [Producer]

Cinematography:	Michael Chapman

Edited by:	Bud Molin

Music Composed by	Miklós Rózsa

Production Design:	John DeCuir

Costume Design:	Edith Head

Production Companys:	Aspen Film Society (US) Universal Pictures (US)

Plot Summary:

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.

Cast: (First 20, for the rest click 'Show All Cast & Crew' below.)

Steve Martin Rigby Reardon Rachel Ward Juliet Forrest Alan Ladd (in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage) Carl Reiner Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck Barbara Stanwyck (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage) Ray Milland (in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage) Ava Gardner (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage) Burt Lancaster (in "The Killers") (archive footage) Humphrey Bogart (in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage) Cary Grant (in "Suspicion") (archive footage)		Ingrid Bergman (in "Notorious") (archive footage) Veronica Lake (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) Bette Davis (in "Deception") (archive footage) Lana Turner (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage) Edward Arnold (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage) Kirk Douglas (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage) Fred MacMurray (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage) James Cagney (in "White Heat") (archive footage) Joan Crawford (in "Humoresque") (archive footage) Reni Santoni Carlos Rodriguez

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Filming Locations: (Now With Clickable Links To Location On Google Maps)

Union Station - 800 N. Alameda St., Los Angeles, California, USA

Tech Info:

Budget:: $9,000,000
Revenue:: $18,196,170
Camera:: Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Color Info:: B&W
Laboratory:: Technicolor
Sound Mix:: Mono

Aspect Ratio:: 1.85 : 1
Cinematographic Process:: Spherical
Film Negative Format:: 35 mm
Printed Film Format:: 35 mm

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