In 1982

In 1982, irrepressibly goofy comedian Steve Martin starred in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, a film noir with a whole cast of cinematic heavy hitters.

1982) Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979) Dead of Night (1946)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979) Dead of Night (1946)

Carl Reiner, 1982

Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (Carl Reiner, 1982).

2010

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid' (March 25, 2010) 'Point of No Return' (April 15, 2010) '

the black-and-white comedy Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid ()

Edith Head's last film project was the black-and-white comedy Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), starring Steve Martin and Carl Reiner, a job Head was chosen for because of Edith Head's expertise on 1940s fashions.

the chutzpah to give the chutzpah a try with Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982), a comedy that simultaneously pays tribute to and affectionately parodies film noirs from the 1940s and 1950s

But director Carl Reiner and comedian Steve Martin had the chutzpah to give the chutzpah a try with Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982), a comedy that simultaneously pays tribute to and affectionately parodies film noirs from the 1940s and 1950s.