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Tote tragen keine Karos

Original title: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
  • 1982
  • 12
  • 1h 28m
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6.8/10
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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.

  • Director
    • Carl Reiner
  • Writers
    • Carl Reiner
    • George Gipe
    • Steve Martin
  • Stars
    • Steve Martin
    • Rachel Ward
    • Alan Ladd
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    24K
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    • Director
      • Carl Reiner
    • Writers
      • Carl Reiner
      • George Gipe
      • Steve Martin
    • Stars
      • Steve Martin
      • Rachel Ward
      • Alan Ladd
    • 131User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Steve Martin
    Steve Martin
    • Rigby Reardon
    Rachel Ward
    Rachel Ward
    • Juliet Forrest
    Alan Ladd
    Alan Ladd
    • The Exterminator
    • (archive footage)
    Carl Reiner
    Carl Reiner
    • Field Marshall VonKluck
    Barbara Stanwyck
    Barbara Stanwyck
    • Leona Hastings-Forrest
    • (archive footage)
    Ray Milland
    Ray Milland
    • Sam Hastings (in 'Lost Weekend')
    • (archive footage)
    Ava Gardner
    Ava Gardner
    • Kitty Collins
    • (archive footage)
    Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster
    • Swede Anderson
    • (archive footage)
    Humphrey Bogart
    Humphrey Bogart
    • Phillip Marlowe
    • (archive footage)
    Cary Grant
    Cary Grant
    • Johnnie Aysgarth
    • (archive footage)
    Ingrid Bergman
    Ingrid Bergman
    • F.X. Huberman
    • (archive footage)
    Veronica Lake
    Veronica Lake
    • Monica Stillpond
    • (archive footage)
    Bette Davis
    Bette Davis
    • Doris Davermont
    • (archive footage)
    Lana Turner
    Lana Turner
    • Jimmi-Sue Altfeld
    • (archive footage)
    Edward Arnold
    Edward Arnold
    • Altfeld
    • (archive footage)
    Kirk Douglas
    Kirk Douglas
    • Thug Boss
    • (archive footage)
    Fred MacMurray
    Fred MacMurray
    • Walter Neff
    • (archive footage)
    James Cagney
    James Cagney
    • Captain Cody Jarrett
    • (archive footage)
    • Director
      • Carl Reiner
    • Writers
      • Carl Reiner
      • George Gipe
      • Steve Martin
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Final 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.
    • Goofs
      Everytime 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 credits
      After 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.
    • Connections
      Edited from Verdacht (1941)
    • Soundtracks
      Dead Men's Bolero
      Music by Miklós Rózsa

      Lyrics by Steve Goodman

    User reviews131

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    7/10
    Mostly fun, but loses its way a bit
    DMDWP is a black and white film noir comedy that uses footage from real film noirs from the 40s and 50s and inter cuts them with the plot to make it appears that Steve Martin is really talking to/acting with the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, James Cagney etc. The effect is almost seamless but for a movie made in 1982 it's quite impressive.

    Martin plays the wonderfully named Rigby Reardon, a typical, gritty private eye who narrates the story with sarcastic observation and gets involved in the usual femme fatal plot and a conspiracy surround the death of a cheese maker. Yes, it's nonsense, and towards the end it becomes a bit hard to follow and the silliness gets out of control. But it's all played straight and for most of the film you could believe you were actually watching a classic film noir.

    Steve Martin should have done more of these movies. Rigby Reardon was a great character and could have lasted for a few more movies. The humor is frequently hilarious and he certainly retains a lot of the integrity he has lost in recent years since he went the way of Eddie Murphy and sold himself out to family audiences. Either way, I say you should give this movie a go if you're a fan of his older work.

    The DVD is sadly in non-anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen with Dolby 2.0 surround. It still looks quite good for a black and white film and the sound has that limited sound space effect to it to make it fit in with the older footage. A Dolby 5.1 remix would have been totally unnecessary. Some boring extras (trailer, cast bios) are included.
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    • Release date
      • August 20, 1982 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
    • Filming locations
      • Pasadena, California, USA(Mayfield Senior School)
    • Production companies
      • Aspen Film Society
      • Universal Pictures
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    Box office

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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
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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