Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...
1982 · 1h 29m · PG
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Directed by
Carl Reiner
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
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'.
Director and cast
- Carl Reiner Director
- Steve Martin as Rigby Reardon
- Rachel Ward as Juliet Forrest
- Alan Ladd as (in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
- Carl Reiner as Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck
- Barbara Stanwyck as (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
- Ray Milland as (in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)
- Ava Gardner as (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
- Burt Lancaster as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)
- Humphrey Bogart as (in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)
- Cary Grant as (in "Suspicion") (archive footage)
More films
The Cheap Detective (1978)
Comedy · Crime · Mystery · PG
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of his mistress—his partner's wife.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Director
- Robert Moore
- Cast
- Peter Falk, Ann-Margret, Eileen Brennan
Knives Out (2019)
Comedy · Crime · Mystery · PG-13
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth...
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- Director
- Rian Johnson
- Cast
- Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas
The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
Comedy · Crime · Mystery · PG-13
A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Director
- Chris Columbus
- Cast
- Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
Comedy · Crime · Mystery · PG-13
Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve because his employer is the mastermind behind the kidnapping.
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Director
- Paul Flaherty
- Cast
- John Candy, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts
Foul Play (1978)
Comedy · Mystery · Thriller · PG
A shy San Francisco librarian and a bumbling cop fall in love as they solve a crime involving albinos, dwarves, and the Catholic Church.
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Director
- Colin Higgins
- Cast
- Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith
The Four Robinsons (1939)
Comedy · N/A
Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go through face-saving shipwreck, becoming castaways.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Antonio Vico, Mary Santpere, Fernando Rey
La mantilla de Beatriz (1946)
Drama · Romance · N/A
In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Virgílio Teixeira, Margarita Andrey, María Isbert
Comments
Talk about the film with other members