Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
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'.
- Director
- Carl Reiner
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Humour
- Worldwide
- $18M
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Cast
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33 billed performers
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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'.
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Box Office & Release
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid returned 2.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $9M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $18M
- Release date
- May 21, 1982
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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