Carl Reiner’s Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid is a high concept, expertly edited mix of vintage film noir footage seemlessly combined with Steve Martin as a rough & ready private dick. Hot on a new case, Martin gets help from his friends Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Veronica Lake, Burt Lancaster, Humphrey Bogart & many others, interweaving material from more than 15 classic hard-boiled classics to spin a hysterical new tale!
“[Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid is] such an engaging joke that anyone who loves old movies will find it irresistible. And anyone who loves Steve Martin will be fascinated by his sly performance, which is pitched exactly between the low comedy of The Jerk and the highbrow Brechtianisms of Pennies from Heaven.” – David Ansen, Newsweek
