Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982
1h 29m
6.7

6.7/10

434 votes • View on IMDb
Comedy Mystery Crime

"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'.

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Status: Released

Budget: $9,000,000

Revenue: $18,196,170

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Universal Pictures Aspen Film Society
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

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

Quick Facts

Release Date May 21, 1982
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0083798

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)

Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman

(in "Notorious") (archive footage)

Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake

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

Key Crew

David V. Picker
Producer
George Gipe
Screenplay
Carl Reiner
Director
William E. McEuen
Producer
Carl Reiner
Screenplay
Steve Martin
Screenplay