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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

Crime Comedy Mystery

Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...

Release Date: 1982, May 21
Directors: Carl Reiner
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society, Aspen Film Society
Cast: Steve Martin, Kirk Douglas, Francis X. McCarthy, Vincent Price, John Miljan, Burt Lancaster, Humphrey Bogart, Carl Reiner, Gene LeBell, Reni Santoni, Norma Varden, Ingrid Bergman

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'.

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