Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

85 min · Dark Comedy, Secret Agent, crime film, film noir, mystery film

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Directors

Carl Reiner

Cast

Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Carl Reiner, Reni Santoni

The story

Juliet Forrest, daughter of scientist and cheesemaker John Forrest, asks private investigator Rigby Reardon to investigate her father's death. Searching Dr. Forrest's lab, Rigby finds two lists, "Friends of Carlotta" (FOC) and "Enemies of Carlotta" (EOC), and an autographed photo of singer Kitty Collins, whose name appears on one of the lists.

Catalogue themes and tags

1940s, Cheese, Cover Up, Daughter, Enquiry, Los Angeles, Mold, Nazi Wissenschaftler, Nazi Zeit, Nazis, Research, Weltherrschaft, Parody, Detective fiction, Detective, Black-and-white, Action/Adventure, Comedy, Action, Film noir

Genres

Dark Comedy, Secret Agent, crime film, film noir, mystery film

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