Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid poster

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid( 1982)

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Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...

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'.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Steve Martin

      Rigby Reardon

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      Rachel Ward

      Juliet Forrest

    3. cast image

      Alan Ladd

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

    4. cast image

      Carl Reiner

      Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck

    5. cast image

      Barbara Stanwyck

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

    6. cast image

      Ray Milland

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

    7. cast image

      Ava Gardner

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

    8. cast image

      Burt Lancaster

      (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

    9. cast image

      Humphrey Bogart

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

    10. cast image

      Cary Grant

      (in "Suspicion") (archive footage)

    11. cast image

      Ingrid Bergman

      (in "Notorious") (archive footage)

    12. cast image

      Veronica Lake

      (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

    13. cast image

      Bette Davis

      (in "Deception") (archive footage)

    14. cast image

      Lana Turner

      (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)

    15. cast image

      Edward Arnold

      (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)

    16. cast image

      Kirk Douglas

      (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)

    17. cast image

      Fred MacMurray

      (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)

    18. cast image

      James Cagney

      (in "White Heat") (archive footage)

    19. cast image

      Joan Crawford

      (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)

    20. cast image

      Reni Santoni

      Carlos Rodriguez

    21. cast image

      Charles Laughton

      (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)

    22. cast image

      Vincent Price

      (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)

    23. cast image

      George Gaynes

      Dr. Forrest

    24. cast image

      Francis X. McCarthy

      Waiter

    25. cast image

      Gene LeBell

      Hood

    26. cast image

      William Conrad

      (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

    27. cast image

      Charles McGraw

      (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

    28. cast image

      Jeff Corey

      (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

    29. cast image

      John Miljan

      (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

    30. cast image

      Brian Donlevy

      (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

    31. cast image

      Norma Varden

      (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

    32. cast image

      Edmond O'Brien

      (in "White Heat") (archive footage)

    33. cast image

      Britt Nilsson

      Puppy Secretary

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      Jean Beaudine

      Duty Secretary

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    9000000.00

    Revenue

    18196170.00

    Keywords

    • father murder
    • nostalgia
    • parody
    • femme fatale
    • los angeles, california
    • black and white
    • private detective
    • list
    • private eye
    • 1940s
    • old footage
    • nazi underworld
    • old hollywood
    • man disguised as woman
    • gumshoe
    • repurposed footage
    • inner monologue
    • noir spoof