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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) More at IMDbPro »

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Suspicion (1941)
Johnny Eager (1942)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
The Glass Key (1942)
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Notorious (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Killers (1946)
Deception (1946)
Humoresque (1946)
Dark Passage (1947)
I Walk Alone (1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
The Bribe (1949)
White Heat (1949)
In a Lonely Place (1950)

References

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
 -  when talking with Charles Laughton, Steve Martin mentions the movie.
Double Indemnity (1944)
 -  Steve Martin's character lights his matches by snapping, just as Walter Neff does.

Referenced in

"Married with Children: Dead Men Don't Do Aerobics (#4.2)" (1989)
 -  title reference
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
 -  The Abraham Lincoln shadow puppet.
The Making of 'E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial' (1996) (V)
 -  is also mentioned as a competitor at the box office
Hard Core Logo (1996)
"Jeopardy!: (#22.9)" (2005)
 -  correct response in "A Steve Martin Film Festival" category
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Meet Market (#7.14)" (2007)
 -  While examining the plaid scrap found in the wood coffin, Nick says "Dead men don't wear plaid."
Watching the Detectives (2007)
 -  Mentioned in dialogue.

Spoofs

Double Indemnity (1944)
 -  the scenes with Steve Martin dressed up as Barbra Stanwyck's character
To Have and Have Not (1944)
 -  Rachel Ward asks "You know how to dial, don't you?" imitating Lauren Bacall's "You know how to whistle, don't you?"

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