100 Movies Every Catholic Should See

100 Movies Every Catholic Should See

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Airplane! for Noir Fans

PLUS: A brutal Marvel antihero tale and one more can't miss noir.

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Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982)

Directed by Carl Reiner. Starring Steve Martin and Rachel Ward.

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Steve Martin is one of our greatest living comedians, and has been for some time. Not only is he a great standup comedian, but he’s a great actor, banjo player, and even magician. He’s also an underrated writer, having written the brilliant screenplay for this film with fellow comedy legend Carl Reiner (RIP). Martin plays a detective, Rigby Reardon, who has to solve a mystery for a beautiful, mysterious woman, Juliet Forrest (Rachel Ward). If that sounds cliched, it’s intentional!

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