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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

"Laugh, or I’ll blow your lips off..."

6.6(406 votes)
1982
1h 29m
ComedyMysteryCrime

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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Production

Budget:$9,000,000
Revenue:$18,196,170
Companies:
Universal Pictures
Aspen Film Society

Languages

Original:en
Spoken:
English

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