Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

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'.

Trailer

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Cast and crew

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  Steve MartinRigby Reardon

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  Rachel WardJuliet Forrest

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

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  Carl ReinerJuliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck

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

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

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

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  Burt Lancaster(in "The Killers") (archive footage)

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  Humphrey Bogart(in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)

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  Cary Grant(in "Suspicion") (archive footage)

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  Ingrid Bergman(in "Notorious") (archive footage)

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  Veronica Lake(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)

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  Bette Davis(in "Deception") (archive footage)

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  Lana Turner(in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)

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  Edward Arnold(in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)

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  Kirk Douglas(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)

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  Fred MacMurray(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)

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  James Cagney(in "White Heat") (archive footage)

Director

Carl Reiner

Writer

George Gipe, Steve Martin and Carl Reiner

Music

Miklós Rózsa

Cinematography

Michael Chapman