Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Remember those film noir movies from the 40's? Well, they are about to be spoofed in the hit noir parody DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID.

Steve Martin stars as private eye Rigby Reardon, who stumbles across a shocking story involving a noted scientist named Mr. Forrest. The scientist was apparently killed in a car wreck, but the cause of the crash is still pending.

Then the scientist's daughter Juliet (Rachel Ward) walks into Rigby's office claiming that her father's death was no accident. In fact, the scientist was murdered and someone was responsible. As the story develops, Rigby searches for clues linked to the so-called car crash.

Interacting with noir characters from the 1940's, Rigby must find every twist and turn to solve the case and try not to think about Juliet while investigating the Carlotta lists.

But soon things change as Rigby and Juliet fall in love, but when Juliet leaves town, Rigby begins to suspect that she is a spy working for the Nazis. He sets out to follow her while continuing to search for clues on the so-called Carlotta woman.

The action goes all the way to Germany, where Rigby is reunited with an old pal (Reni Santoni), who is now a US captain who helps Rigby capture Nazi Field Marshal Von Kluck (Carl Reiner), the man believed to be responsible for the apparent death of Mr. Forrest.

When Rigby finds the Nazis hideout, who else would be there besides Juliet Forrest? It turns out that Juliet can speak German, and then she helps Rigby foil Von Kluck's plan before it's too late...