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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Detective encounters old movie actors and Hong Kong dollars
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The 1982 film "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" is a comedy inspired by late 1940's crime and detective films.
The film features scenes from real late 1940's films and various actors and actresses from the period appear,
including Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Ingrid Bergman, and Ray Milland.
The film is set in 1946 according to a date on a notice. A woman hires a private detective to find her father.
They trace the father to an island off the coast of Peru where they encounter some bad guys.
Steve Martin plays the detective and in a nightclub he rolls some coins between his fingers.
The coins are British Hong Kong dollar coins from the 1960's.
1. Title
Juliet Forrest enters private detective Rigby Reardon's office.
2. Juliet in Rigby's office
She hires Rigby to find her father Dr. John Forrest, an expert on cheeses.
Rigby then visits Juliet at her place.
3. Juliet and Rigby at her place
They begin a romance.
Rigby begins questioning people mentioned in lists which Dr. Forrest kept.
4. Ray Milland
Rigby exchanges a five dollar bill for one that Ray has.
5. Five dollar bill
The five dollar bill is an imitation prop note with the year "1969" on it.
Rigby sees an old girlfriend.
6. Ingrid Bergman
She sends him to another detective, Philip Marlowe, who is sort of Rigby's mentor.
Later Philip Marlowe calls Rigby's office and talks to Juliet.
7. Humphrey Bogart
At an apartment Rigby admires the art.
8. Admiring art
The piece appears to be a carving on an ivory animal horn.
Rigby and Juliet are directed by a map to Peru and then an island named Carlotta.
Rigby enters a nightclub which has a female singer.
9. Ava Gardner
Rigby rolls some coins with his fingers while waiting for Juliet.
10. Rolling a coin
One coin appears in this scene.
Rigby then rolls two coins.
11. Rolling two coins
The coins are British Hong Kong one dollar coins.
A British Hong Kong dollar coin:
12. British Hong Kong dollar 1960
Copper-nickel, 30 mm, 11.74 gm
Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II facing right
Reverse: British Lion holding globe
These coins were only minted in 1960 and 1970.
Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II facing right
Reverse: British Lion holding globe
These coins were only minted in 1960 and 1970.
Rigby and Juliet are given an address for Dr. Forrest.
13. Fiesta de Carlotta
The city is crowded due to a local fiesta.
The pair enter a building and encounter the standard bad guys.
14. Standard bad guys
The chief bad guy, Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck, brags about taking over the world.
The bad guys tie Rigby up but he goes nuts, breaks the chain, pulls a gun, and shoots the Field Marshal.
15. Juliet and Rigby
Cast, Directors, Writers:
Steve Martin as Rigby Reardon
Rachel Ward as Juliet Forrest
Carl Reiner as Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck
Reni Santoni as Carlos Rodriguez
Director: Carl Reiner
Writers: Carl Reiner, George Gipe, Steve Martin
Rachel Ward as Juliet Forrest
Carl Reiner as Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck
Reni Santoni as Carlos Rodriguez
Writers: Carl Reiner, George Gipe, Steve Martin
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