Where to watch Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid(1982)

Where to stream Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid plot summary

Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...

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'.

Details

Release date

May 21, 1982

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Comedy, Mystery, Crime

Directed by

Carl Reiner

Country

United States

TMDB rating

6.6 / 10 · 467 votes

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid trailer

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Cast

• Steve MartinRigby Reardon
• Rachel WardJuliet Forrest
• Alan Ladd(in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
• Carl ReinerJuliet'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)

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