Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...

Duration: 89 min
Release date: 1982-05-21
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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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Steve Martin
Steve Martin
as Rigby Reardon
Rachel Ward
Rachel Ward
as Juliet Forrest
Alan Ladd
Alan Ladd
as (in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner
as Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
as (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
Ray Milland
Ray Milland
as (in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)
Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner
as (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
as (in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)
Cary Grant
Cary Grant
as (in "Suspicion") (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
as (in "Notorious") (archive footage)
Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Bette Davis
Bette Davis
as (in "Deception") (archive footage)
Lana Turner
Lana Turner
as (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
Edward Arnold
Edward Arnold
as (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas
as (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray
Fred MacMurray
as (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
James Cagney
James Cagney
as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford
as (in "Humoresque") (archive footage)
Reni Santoni
Reni Santoni
as Carlos Rodriguez
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton
as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Vincent Price
Vincent Price
as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
George Gaynes
George Gaynes
as Dr. Forrest
Francis X. McCarthy
Francis X. McCarthy
as Waiter
Gene LeBell
Gene LeBell
as Hood
William Conrad
William Conrad
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Charles McGraw
Charles McGraw
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Jeff Corey
Jeff Corey
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
John Miljan
John Miljan
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Brian Donlevy
Brian Donlevy
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Norma Varden
Norma Varden
as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Edmond O'Brien
Edmond O'Brien
as (in "White Heat") (archive footage)
Britt Nilsson
Britt Nilsson
as Puppy Secretary
Jean Beaudine
Jean Beaudine
as Duty Secretary
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