Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
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'.

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Cast

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)
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Storyline

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'.


Tagline: Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...
Certification: PG

Details

Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Crime

Language: English

Release Date: 21 May 1982

Country: US

Runtime: 89m

Company Credits

Company: Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society

Budget: $9,000,000

Revenue: $18,196,170

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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)

Bette Davis

Bette Davis

(in "Deception") (archive footage)

Lana Turner

Lana Turner

(in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)

Edward Arnold

Edward Arnold

(in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)

Kirk Douglas

Kirk Douglas

(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)

Fred MacMurray

Fred MacMurray

(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)

James Cagney

James Cagney

(in "White Heat") (archive footage)

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

(in "Humoresque") (archive footage)

Reni Santoni

Reni Santoni

Carlos Rodriguez

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)

George Gaynes

George Gaynes

Dr. Forrest

Francis X. McCarthy

Francis X. McCarthy

Waiter

Gene LeBell

Gene LeBell

Hood

William Conrad

William Conrad

(in "The Killers") (archive footage)

Charles McGraw

Charles McGraw

(in "The Killers") (archive footage)

Jeff Corey

Jeff Corey

(in "The Killers") (archive footage)

John Miljan

John Miljan

(in "The Killers") (archive footage)

Brian Donlevy

Brian Donlevy

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

Norma Varden

Norma Varden

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

Edmond O'Brien

Edmond O'Brien

(in "White Heat") (archive footage)

Britt Nilsson

Britt Nilsson

Puppy Secretary

Jean Beaudine

Jean Beaudine

Duty Secretary

Directed By

Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner

Director

Writing Credits

George Gipe

George Gipe

Screenplay

Steve Martin

Steve Martin

Screenplay

Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner

Screenplay

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Edith Head

Edith Head

Costume Design

Sound

Kevin O'Connell

Kevin O'Connell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Steve Maslow

Steve Maslow

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

James J. Klinger

James J. Klinger

Supervising Sound Editor

Bill Varney

Bill Varney

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Miklós Rózsa

Miklós Rózsa

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Michael Chapman

Michael Chapman

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

John DeCuir

John DeCuir

Production Design

Richard C. Goddard

Richard C. Goddard

Set Decoration

Other Crew

Charlie Picerni

Charlie Picerni

Stunts

Ernie F. Orsatti

Ernie F. Orsatti

Stunt Coordinator

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