the funny teaming of carl reiner and steve martin after the jerk ( 1979 ) and bring you a funny send up of private eye film of the 1940 and but instead of it be just a simple spoof and the filmmaker go far and on have old film footage of great actor like bette davis and barbara stanwyck and alan ladd and and humphrey bogart for steve martin to play off of . the result be a funny mystery and i like the way it be in black and white and it blend in well with the old footage . it begin with detective rigby reardon ( the always funny steve martin ) and be hire by juliet forrest ( the gorgeous and talented rachel ward ) to solve the mysterious death of her father and reardon start to investigate and but will he get into deep . a classic comedy for year to enjoy and steve martin and the old film footage blend in well together and it almost look real . steve martin be funny and even when moment he not try to hard to be funny and he even funnier . so be rachel ward and she enjoyable to watch and even when she play off martin so we will . if you be in the mood for a comedy classic with steve martin and then go out and rent dead men don not wear plaid .