Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
“Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...”
Storyline
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 & Crew
Steve Martin
Rigby Reardon
Lead
Rachel Ward
Juliet Forrest
Alan Ladd
(in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
Carl Reiner
Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck
Barbara Stanwyck
(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
Ray Milland
(in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)
Ava Gardner
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
What People Are Saying
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Carl Reiner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
