Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...
1982 | 89m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Carl Reiner |
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| Writer: | Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, George Gipe |
| Staring: |
| 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'. | |
| Release Date: | May 21, 1982 |
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| Director: | Carl Reiner |
| Writer: | Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, George Gipe |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | father murder, femme fatale, los angeles, california, private detective, list, private eye, nazi underworld, old hollywood, man disguised as woman, gumshoe, repurposed footage, inner monologue, noir spoof |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $18,196,170
Budget: $9,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Joan Crawford | (in "Humoresque") (archive footage) |
| Reni Santoni | Carlos Rodriguez |
| Charles Laughton | (in "The Bribe") (archive footage) |
| Vincent Price | (in "The Bribe") (archive footage) |
| George Gaynes | Dr. Forrest |
| Francis X. McCarthy | Waiter |
| Gene LeBell | Hood |
| William Conrad | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) |
| Charles McGraw | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) |
| Jeff Corey | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) |
| John Miljan | (in "The Killers") (archive footage) |
| Brian Donlevy | (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) |
| Norma Varden | (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) |
| Edmond O'Brien | (in "White Heat") (archive footage) |
| Britt Nilsson | Puppy Secretary |
| Jean Beaudine | Duty Secretary |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Carl Reiner | Screenplay, Director |
| Michael Chapman | Director of Photography |
| Steve Martin | Screenplay |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Ernie F. Orsatti | Stunt Coordinator |
| George Gipe | Screenplay |
| James J. Klinger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Bill Varney | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Richard C. Goddard | Set Decoration |
| Bud Molin | Editor |
| John DeCuir | Production Design |
| Kevin O'Connell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Miklós Rózsa | Original Music Composer |
| Charlie Picerni | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| William E. McEuen | Producer |
| David V. Picker | Producer |
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