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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)  link to Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 3542

poster Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

IMDb Rating:
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6.9/10 (19496 votes)

Country: USA, 88 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Director(s): Carl Reiner

Video Codec: Unknown

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." Searching for answers, Rigby encounters assorted low-lifes: dangerous men and women who were the hallmarks of the classic detective movies of the 40's and 50's. Filming in black and white allows scenes from old movies to be cut into this film. It is through this process that Rigby's assistant is none other than Philip Marlowe himself.

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Cast:

photo Steve Martin Steve Martin Rigby Reardon
photo Rachel Ward Rachel Ward Juliet Forrest
photo Alan Ladd Alan Ladd The Exterminator (archive footage)
photo Carl Reiner Carl Reiner Field Marshall VonKluck
photo Barbara Stanwyck Barbara Stanwyck Leona Hastings-Forrest (archive footage)

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1