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Genres:
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Comedy /
Crime /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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Carl Reiner
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Actors:
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Barbara Stanwyck,
Edward Arnold,
Rachel Ward,
Alan Ladd,
Lana Turner,
Veronica Lake,
Steve Martin,
Carl Reiner,
Ray Milland,
Ava Gardner,
Burt Lancaster,
Humphrey Bogart,
Cary Grant,
Ingrid Bergman,
Bette Davis
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Duration:
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85 min.
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Rating:
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(6.6/10)75
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Plot Summary:
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Martin plays the role of Rigby Reardon, an inapt retired eye who comes to the aid of a wealthy and splendid heiress. The cover is cleverly interspliced with clips from classic detective films of the good old days.
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Marlow said ...
I have to agree with Andrew, I saw this film again quite recently and it is brilliant. The plot is clevery devised to include some real classic black and white clips featuring Cary Grant, Vincent Price and Barbara Crawford to name but a few. Steve Martin and Rachel Ward do a great job in filling in the bits between.
If you have not seen it, give it a go.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
To accuse Reiner's film of being a one-joke movie is to suggest that it should be dismissed, but when the joke is this good and delivered with consistent skill and invention, then he manages to turn it into a compliment. Martin is private dick Rigby Reardon, employed by Juliet Forrest (Ward) to investigate the mysterious death of her father, a prominent cheese magnate who had been working on a new recipe.
The twist is as he trawls through the hard-boiled film noir cliche Martin takes us on a journey through cinema history. He meets up with the likes of Bogart, Crawford, Cagney et al. in skilfully constructed scenes, where he interacts with footage from their old films. It works so well because you cannot see the join and it helps that the script is sharp, kn...
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