Watch Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) Official Trailer
Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...
6.7 / 10 IMDb May 21, 1982 1h 29m
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'.
Director
Runtime
1h 29m
Release Date
May 21, 1982
Genre
Comedy, Mystery, Crime
Status
Released
Budget
$9,000,000
Revenue
$18,196,170
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Producers
Cast
Steve Martin
as Rigby Reardon
Rachel Ward
as Juliet Forrest
Alan Ladd
as (in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
Carl Reiner
as Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck
Barbara Stanwyck
as (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
Ray Milland
as (in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)
Ava Gardner
as (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Humphrey Bogart
as (in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)
Cary Grant
as (in "Suspicion") (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman
as (in "Notorious") (archive footage)
Veronica Lake
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Bette Davis
as (in "Deception") (archive footage)
Lana Turner
as (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
Edward Arnold
as (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
Kirk Douglas
as (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray
as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
James Cagney
as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)
Joan Crawford
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
Reni Santoni
as Carlos Rodriguez
Production Companies
Universal PicturesAspen Film Society
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Official Trailer 1982
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