carl reiner and the multi talented director of this film and be the only one that could have pull it off . work with george gipe and and steve martin in the screen play that serve a the basis of the movie and mr. reiner have do the impossible with dead men don not wear plaid . of course and this film be bless with the magnificent editing by bud malin and who mesh the present image against those film noir masterpiece we see and blend the character of this movie with the star of the past and in what seem to be a seamless product . it also help that miklos rozsa be the man compose the music and a everything show a cohesiveness that be hard to distinguish in what be shoot in 1982 and the old movie . this spoof to the film noir genre be a pure delight . the main character and rigby reardon be the p. i. from hell and but thanks to the creator of this movie and he be perfect a the man at the center of the action . not be a steve martin fan and one have to recognize that when this actor be inspire and he can do excellent work . it would appear that with a director like carl reiner and he would have go off the top and but instead and mr. martin give a good reading of rigby . rachel ward and a the typical woman of those film and be charm . reni santoni and georege gaynes and the rest of the support cast do wonder under carl reiner order . the film bring back memory of those timeless masterpiece of the past and the star that shine in them . we get to see humphrey bogart and ava gardner and ingrid bergman and vincent price and alan ladd and veronica lake and barbara stanwyck and fred mcmurray and edward g. robinson and and the others at the height of their fame playing against the present cast and make the viewer happy watch all the antic which mr. reiner and his team have create for our amusement . this be a funny look at the old movie .