Film Noir for Dummies (2011)

Film Noir for Dummies

Peter Mache in The Case of the Plaster Parrot

Film Noir For Dummies is a Detective series that spoofs the1940s gumshoe movies like The Maltese Falcon using Storefront Dummies as actors. There are lots of laughs and plenty of action/adventure as Peter Mache, Private Detective apes his hero Humphrey Bogart and takes on The Case of the Plaster Parrot. After many exciting twists and turns in the plot Peter Mache thwarts his nemesis, The Big Man, and survives an amazing airplane chase to eventually win out, retrieve a stolen diamond the size of an ostrich egg and get the girl. The series has high-production values in addition to an original specially commissioned score which features the tenor saxophone playing of the award-winning musician Gene Cipriano.

Available in one episode of 23 min & 10 episodes of 1.5min-2.5 min for mobile and interstitials