Because i liked Cyrano .. i briefly went through the filmography of one Steve Martin, who in 1987 had a fair bit of success with the film Roxanne, itself a reimagining of the Cyrano plot.
And i saw a film that i had not watched, but it was recommended by a friend with whom i shared a passion for old B&W films, mostly those of Peter Cushing / Christopher Lee etc .. think House Of Long Shadows.
Anyway, the aforementioned, is
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid -
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083798/reference/
a pretty bizzarre 1982 film starring Steve Martin as gumshoe Rigby Reardon, shot in B&W, and many of the scenes between Rigby and his antagonists are actually bits stolen from old period Noir films, interlaced with Martin's own B&W scenes.
To be honest, this is gimmicky and often would have been just better to do a normal B&W spoof - better results, and probably the same cost.
Now, if you were an adult in the early 80s, you probably could tell what film each bit is from, and that must have been awfully clever; but now that they are consigned to the past, it doesnt work anymore. Like someone in 30 years trying to watch Dont Be A Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood.
The story is what you expect from a Noir parody, and because it serves primarily the gimmick described above, it's not really good.
I would not recommend this if not for scholarly reasons, and even then, it's mediocre.