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Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off... - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
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Title: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Release Date: 21 May 1982

Runtime: 1h 29m

Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Crime

Director: Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society

Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society

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'.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.626 (388 votes)

Cast

  • Rigby Reardon: Steve Martin
  • Juliet Forrest: Rachel Ward
  • (in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage): Alan Ladd
  • Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck: Carl Reiner
  • (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage): Barbara Stanwyck
  • (in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage): Ray Milland
  • (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage): Ava Gardner
  • (in "The Killers") (archive footage): Burt Lancaster
  • (in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage): Humphrey Bogart
  • (in "Suspicion") (archive footage): Cary Grant
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