Quick facts
- Released
- May 21, 1982
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rating
- PG
- Budget
- $9.0M
- Box office
- $18.2M
- IMDb
- tt0083798
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society
Cast
Steve Martin
Rigby Reardon
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)
Humphrey Bogart
(in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)
Cary Grant
(in "Suspicion") (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman
(in "Notorious") (archive footage)
Veronica Lake
(in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Bette Davis
(in "Deception") (archive footage)
Lana Turner
(in "Johnny Eager" / "The Postman Always Rings Twice") (archive footage)
Edward Arnold
(in "Johnny Eager") (archive footage)
Kirk Douglas
(in "I Walk Alone") (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray
(in "Double Indemnity") (archive footage)
James Cagney
(in "White Heat") (archive footage)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid about?
- 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'.
- Who directed Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid?
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid was directed by Carl Reiner.
- Who stars in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid?
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid stars Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner.
- When was Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid released?
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is a 1982 comedy, mystery, crime film.
- Where can I watch Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid?
- You can watch Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid with full details, cast, and streaming options on 3eyedraven.