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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

Film · 1982 · 89 min · PG · Comedy · Mystery · Crime

Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...

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'.

Directed by Carl Reiner

Starring Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner, Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster

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In cinemas21 May 1982
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First release anywhere21 May 1982

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