Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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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'.

Comedy
Mystery
Crime

Why watch this

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'.

Released May 21, 1982

Quick facts

Language
en
Status
Released
Votes
442
Seasons
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Top cast

The faces you are about to watch.

Steve Martin

Steve Martin

Rigby Reardon

Rachel Ward

Rachel Ward

Juliet Forrest

Alan Ladd

Alan Ladd

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

Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner

Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck

Barbara Stanwyck

Barbara Stanwyck

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

Ray Milland

Ray Milland

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

Ava Gardner

Ava Gardner

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

Burt Lancaster

Burt Lancaster

(in "The Killers") (archive footage)

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