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 [Director]

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

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

Cinematography:	Michael Chapman [Director of Photography]

Edited by:	Bud Molin [Editor]

Music Composed by	Miklós Rózsa [Original Music Composer]

Production Design:	John DeCuir [Production Design]

Costume Design:	Edith Head [Costume Design]

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:

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 Charles Laughton (in "The Bribe") (archive footage) Vincent Price (in "The Bribe") (archive footage) George Gaynes Dr. Forrest Francis X. McCarthy Waiter Gene LeBell Hood William Conrad (in "The Killers") (archive footage) Charles McGraw (in "The Killers") (archive footage) Jeff Corey (in "The Killers") (archive footage) John Miljan (in "The Killers") (archive footage) Brian Donlevy (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) Norma Varden (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) Edmond O'Brien (in "White Heat") (archive footage) Britt Nilsson Puppy Secretary Jean Beaudine Duty Secretary

Stunt Crew:

Ernie F. Orsatti Stunt Coordinator		Charlie Picerni Stunts

Sound Crew:

James J. Klinger Supervising Sound Editor Steve Maslow Sound Re-Recording Mixer		Kevin O'Connell Sound Re-Recording Mixer Bill Varney Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Art Department:

Richard C. Goddard Set Decoration

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