dmdwp be a black and white film noir comedy that use footage from real film noirs from the 40 and 50 and inter cut them with the plot to make it appear that steve martin be really talk to or act with the like of humphrey bogart and bette davis and james cagney etc . the effect be almost seamless but for a movie make in 1982 it quite impressive . martin play the wonderfully name rigby reardon and a typical and gritty private eye who narrate the story with sarcastic observation and get involve in the usual femme fatal plot and a conspiracy surround the death of a cheese maker . yes and it nonsense and and towards the end it become a bit hard to follow and the silliness get out of control . but it all play straight and for most of the film you could believe you be actually watch a classic film noir . steve martin should have do more of these movie . rigby reardon be a great character and could have last for a few more movie . the humor be frequently hilarious and he certainly retain a lot of the integrity he have lose in recent year since he go the way of eddie murphy and sell himself out to family audience . either way and i say you should give this movie a go if youre a fan of his old work . the dvd be sadly in non anamorphic 1 . 85 represent1 widescreen with dolby 2 . 0 surround . it still look quite good for a black and white film and the sound have that limit sound space effect to it to make it fit in with the old footage . a dolby 5 . 1 remix would have be totally unnecessary . some boring extra ( trailer and cast bios ) be include .