Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
05/21/1982 (US) • 1h 29m
Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...
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'.
Top Billed Cast
Rigby Reardon
Juliet Forrest
(in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck
(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
(in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
(in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$9,000,000.00
Revenue
$18,196,170.00
Keywords
father murder
nostalgia
parody
femme fatale
los angeles, california
black and white
private detective
list
private eye
1940s
old footage
nazi underworld
old hollywood
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noir spoof
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