Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

About This Movie

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is a 1982 comedy and mystery film directed by Carl Reiner. Its leading cast includes Steve Martin, Rachel Ward and Alan Ladd. It runs for 1 hour 29 minutes.

Synopsis

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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Trailer

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) Original Trailer [HD] · plays from YouTube

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Cast

• 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)