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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...

19826.71h 29m

Overview

Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.

Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by George Gipe, Steve Martin, Carl Reiner
Produced by William E. McEuen, David V. Picker
Box OfficeBudget: $9.0MRevenue: $18.2M

Top Cast

Steve Martin

Steve Martin

Rigby Reardon

Rachel Ward

Rachel Ward

Juliet Forrest

Alan Ladd

Alan Ladd

(in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)

Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner

Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck

Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck

(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)

Ray Milland

Ray Milland

(in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)

Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner

(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

(in "The Killers") (archive footage)

Humphrey Bogart

Humphrey Bogart

(in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)

Cary Grant

Cary Grant

(in "Suspicion") (archive footage)

Themes & Keywords

father murdernostalgiaparodyfemme fatalelos angeles, californiablack and whiteprivate detectivelistprivate eye1940sold footagenazi underworldold hollywoodman disguised as womangumshoerepurposed footageinner monologuenoir spoof

About Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is a comedy, mystery, crime film released in 1982 exploring themes of father murder, nostalgia, parody, femme fatale, los angeles, california, black and white. Directed by Carl Reiner, it stars Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd. Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.

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