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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
Directed by
Carl Reiner
89 min
LAUGH, OR I’LL BLOW YOUR LIPS OFF...
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'.
Ratings
3.5
Cast
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Steve Martin
Rigby Reardon
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Rachel Ward
Juliet Forrest
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Alan Ladd
(in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
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Carl Reiner
Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck
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Barbara Stanwyck
(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
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Ray Milland
(in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)
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Ava Gardner
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
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Burt Lancaster
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
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Humphrey Bogart
(in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)
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Cary Grant
(in "Suspicion") (archive footage)
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Ingrid Bergman
(in "Notorious") (archive footage)
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Veronica Lake
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
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Bette Davis
(in "Deception") (archive footage)
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Lana Turner
(in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
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Edward Arnold
(in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
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Kirk Douglas
(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
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Fred MacMurray
(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
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James Cagney
(in "White Heat") (archive footage)
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Joan Crawford
(in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
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Reni Santoni
Carlos Rodriguez
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Charles Laughton
(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
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Vincent Price
(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
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George Gaynes
Dr. Forrest
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Francis X. McCarthy
Waiter
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Gene LeBell
Hood
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William Conrad
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
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Charles McGraw
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
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Jeff Corey
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
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John Miljan
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
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Brian Donlevy
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
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Norma Varden
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
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Edmond O'Brien
(in "White Heat") (archive footage)
Britt Nilsson
Puppy Secretary
Jean Beaudine
Duty Secretary
Crew
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Director of Photography
Editor
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Production Design
Supervising Sound Editor
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Details
Release Date
1982-05-21
Runtime
89 min
Original Language
English
Languages
English
Production Companies
Universal Pictures
Aspen Film Society
Countries
United States of America
Genres
Comedy
Mystery
Crime