Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
“Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...”
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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Cast
35 people
Steve Martin
Rigby Reardon
Known for
Only Murders in the Building
Cheaper by the Dozen
Rachel Ward
Juliet Forrest
Known for
The Thorn Birds
Against All Odds
Alan Ladd
(in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
Known for
Shane
This Gun for Hire
Carl Reiner
Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck
Known for
Ocean's Eleven
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Barbara Stanwyck
(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
Known for
Double Indemnity
The Lady Eve
Ray Milland
(in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)
Known for
Dial M for Murder
The Lost Weekend
Ava Gardner
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Known for
Earthquake
The Killers
Burt Lancaster
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Known for
The Leopard
From Here to Eternity
Cheryl Smith
Veronica Lake
Humphrey Bogart
(in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)
Known for
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
Cary Grant
(in "Suspicion") (archive footage)
Known for
North by Northwest
Notorious
Ingrid Bergman
(in "Notorious") (archive footage)
Known for
Casablanca
Spellbound
Carl Reiner Director · George Gipe Screenplay Steve Martin Screenplay
Worldwide gross $18M · Budget $9M · United States release May 21, 1982
Box office
Budget
$9,000,000
Worldwide gross
$18,196,170
Gross vs. budget
2.0×
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Aspen Film Society
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 21, 1982
Theatrical
United States · May 21, 1982
Theatrical
Argentina
September 9, 1982 · Theatrical
Australia
October 14, 1982 · Theatrical
October 15, 1982 · Theatrical
Brazil
July 19, 1982 · Theatrical
Denmark
May 18, 1984 · Theatrical
Finland
March 4, 1983 · Theatrical
France
September 22, 1982 · Theatrical
January 3, 2002 · Physical · DVD
February 25, 2020 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Germany
August 20, 1982 · Theatrical · West Germany
Hong Kong SAR China
January 13, 1983 · Theatrical
Italy
November 27, 1982 · Theatrical
Japan
December 16, 1985 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 23, 1982 · Theatrical
Norway
June 17, 1983 · Theatrical
Philippines
April 15, 1983 · Theatrical · (Davao)
Portugal
December 30, 1983 · Theatrical
Spain
October 22, 1982 · Theatrical · (Barcelona)
October 28, 1982 · Theatrical · (Madrid)
Sweden
October 8, 1982 · Theatrical
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