Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
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.
ReleasedMay 21, 1982
Budget$9M
Box Office$18M
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By Attention Score on August 26, 2026
#6221
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
0.3
Top Cast
By Attention Score on August 26, 2026
1
Steve Martin
Rigby Reardon
7.3
2
Cary Grant
(in "Suspicion") (archive footage)
5.6
3
Kirk Douglas
(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
4.2
4
Ava Gardner
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
2.8
5
Bette Davis
(in "Deception") (archive footage)
2.6
6
Humphrey Bogart
(in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)
2.5
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