Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Carl Reiner
1982-05-21

Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...
6.631
89 min

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'.

Cast

Name Character Team
Steve Martin Rigby Reardon Unowned
Rachel Ward Juliet Forrest Unowned
Alan Ladd (in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage) Unowned
Carl Reiner Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck Unowned
Barbara Stanwyck (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage) Unowned
Ray Milland (in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage) Unowned
Ava Gardner (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage) Unowned
Burt Lancaster (in "The Killers") (archive footage) Unowned
Humphrey Bogart (in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage) Unowned
Cary Grant (in "Suspicion") (archive footage) Unowned
Ingrid Bergman (in "Notorious") (archive footage) Unowned
Veronica Lake (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) Unowned
Bette Davis (in "Deception") (archive footage) Unowned
Lana Turner (in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage) Unowned
Edward Arnold (in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage) Unowned
Kirk Douglas (in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage) Unowned
Fred MacMurray (in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage) Unowned
James Cagney (in "White Heat") (archive footage) Unowned
Joan Crawford (in "Humoresque") (archive footage) Unowned
Reni Santoni Carlos Rodriguez Unowned
Charles Laughton (in "The Bribe") (archive footage) Unowned
Vincent Price (in "The Bribe") (archive footage) Unowned
George Gaynes Dr. Forrest Unowned
Francis X. McCarthy Waiter Unowned
Gene LeBell Hood Unowned
William Conrad (in "The Killers") (archive footage) Unowned
Charles McGraw (in "The Killers") (archive footage) Unowned
Jeff Corey (in "The Killers") (archive footage) Unowned
John Miljan (in "The Killers") (archive footage) Unowned
Brian Donlevy (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) Unowned
Norma Varden (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage) Unowned
Edmond O'Brien (in "White Heat") (archive footage) Unowned
Britt Nilsson Puppy Secretary Unowned
Jean Beaudine Duty Secretary Unowned