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#44 Box Office Hit of 1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

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

Overview

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'.

Cast

  • Steve Martin

    Rigby Reardon

    Steve Martin

  • Rachel Ward

    Juliet Forrest

    Rachel Ward

  • Alan Ladd

    (in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)

    Alan Ladd

  • Carl Reiner

    Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck

    Carl Reiner

  • Barbara Stanwyck

    (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)

    Barbara Stanwyck

  • Ray Milland

    (in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)

    Ray Milland

  • Ava Gardner

    (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)

    Ava Gardner

  • Burt Lancaster

    (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

    Burt Lancaster

  • Humphrey Bogart

    (in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)

    Humphrey Bogart

  • Cary Grant

    (in "Suspicion") (archive footage)

    Cary Grant

  • Ingrid Bergman

    (in "Notorious") (archive footage)

    Ingrid Bergman

  • Veronica Lake

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

    Veronica Lake

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