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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

"Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off..."

6.6/10 1h 29m May 21, 1982
Comedy Mystery Crime

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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Movie Details

Original Title Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Original Language EN
Budget $9,000,000
Revenue $18,196,170
Status Released
Popularity 1.2

Cast

Steve Martin
Steve Martin
Rigby Reardon
Popularity: 2.9
Rachel Ward
Rachel Ward
Juliet Forrest
Popularity: 3.3
Alan Ladd
Alan Ladd
(in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
Popularity: 4.1
Carl Reiner
Carl Reiner
Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck
Popularity: 7.2
Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
Popularity: 1.0
Ray Milland
Ray Milland
(in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)
Popularity: 10.9
Ava Gardner
Ava Gardner
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Popularity: 1.6
Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Popularity: 1.5
Humphrey Bogart
Humphrey Bogart
(in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)
Popularity: 1.3
Cary Grant
Cary Grant
(in "Suspicion") (archive footage)
Popularity: 3.9
Ingrid Bergman
Ingrid Bergman
(in "Notorious") (archive footage)
Popularity: 1.1
Veronica Lake
Veronica Lake
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Popularity: 2.4

Key Crew

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

Production

Universal Pictures
US
Aspen Film Society
US

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Keywords

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Details
Release Date May 21, 1982
Runtime 1h 29m
Budget $9,000,000
Revenue $18,196,170
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 1.2
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