- HD 1080
- Runtime: 89m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Carl Reiner
- Stars: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Alan Ladd, Carl Reiner, Barbara Stanwyck
- keywords: father murder, nostalgia, parody, femme fatale, los angeles, california, black and white, private detective, list, private eye, 1940s, old footage, nazi underworld, old hollywood, man disguised as woman, gumshoe, repurposed footage, inner monologue, noir spoof
- Production_studio: Universal Pictures, Aspen Film Society
- Slogan: Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off...
- The Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is featured in the top rankings of 1982
- #34 in Top Comedy Movies of 1982
- #9 in Top Crime Movies of 1982
- #12 in Top Mystery Movies of 1982
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'.
