Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
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About
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is a 1982 American neo-noir mystery comedy film that serves as both a parody and homage to film noir and pulp detective films of the 1940s.
Released
1982
Runtime
89 min
Rating
PG
Budget
$9M
Box Office
$18M
Status
Released
Daily update · May 17, 2026
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid ranks #5,109 among movies with a Buzz Score of 0.3. It peaked at #5,890 of all time (Mar 29 - Apr 27, 2025). It ranks #5,021 over the past 365 days.
Rankings
Current position by overall and genre
Performance
Popularity history
Peak Buzz Score
0.5
#5,890Peak rank
Mar 29 - Apr 27, 2025
1-Year Buzz Score
0.2
#5,0211-year rank
Last 365 days
Days at #1
0
Past 365 days
Days in Top 10
0
Past 365 days
In the Rankings
May 17, 2026
#5109
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
0.3
Top Cast
Most popular Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid cast members by current Buzz Score on May 17, 2026
#1
Steve Martin
as Rigby Reardon
8.5
#2
Joan Crawford
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
4.9
#3
Cary Grant
as (in "Suspicion") (archive footage)
3.7
#4
Kirk Douglas
as (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
3.6
#5
Humphrey Bogart
as (in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)
3.0
#6
James Cagney
as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)
2.9
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