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Rating: 6.63/10 by 384 users

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

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'.

Directing:
  • Carl Reiner
Writing:
  • George Gipe
  • Steve Martin
  • Carl Reiner
Stars:
Release Date: Fri, May 21, 1982

Rating: 6.63/10 by 384 users

Alternative Title:
Il mistero del cadavere scomparso - IT
Halottak nem viselnek kockás öltönyt - HU
A holtak nem koptatják ruhájukat - HU
Döda män klär inte i rutigt - SE
Cliente muerto no paga - AR
Cliente Morto Não Paga - BR
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - CA
Bogart Jr. - DK
Bogart Junior - DK
Cliente muerto no paga - ES
Kuollut mies ei palttoota kaipaa - FI
Les cadavres ne portent pas de costard - FR
Døde menn kler ikke ruter - NO
Umarli nie owijaja sie pledem - PL
Cliente Morto Não Paga a Conta - PT
Morţii nu poartă tartan - RO
Mrtvaci ne nose karirano - RS
Мёртвые пледов не носят - RU
Ölü adamlar ekose giymez - TR
Cliente muerto no paga - VE
スティーブ・マーティンの 四つ数えろ - JP
カール・ライナー/スティーブ・マーティンの 四つ数えろ - JP

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 29 minutes
Budget: $9,000,000
Revenue: $18,196,170

Plot Keyword: 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

Steve Martin
Rigby Reardon
Rachel Ward
Juliet Forrest
Alan Ladd
(in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
Carl Reiner
Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck
Barbara Stanwyck
(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
Ray Milland
(in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)
Ava Gardner
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Humphrey Bogart
(in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)
Cary Grant
(in "Suspicion") (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman
(in "Notorious") (archive footage)
Veronica Lake
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Bette Davis
(in "Deception") (archive footage)
Lana Turner
(in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
Edward Arnold
(in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
Kirk Douglas
(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray
(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
James Cagney
(in "White Heat") (archive footage)
Joan Crawford
(in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
Reni Santoni
Carlos Rodriguez
Charles Laughton
(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Vincent Price
(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
George Gaynes
Dr. Forrest
William Conrad
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Charles McGraw
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Jeff Corey
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
John Miljan
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Brian Donlevy
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Norma Varden
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Edmond O'Brien
(in "White Heat") (archive footage)
Britt Nilsson
Puppy Secretary
Jean Beaudine
Duty Secretary

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