Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1h 29m · 1982 · Directed by Carl Reiner · 3.4 / 5 on Letterboxd

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) runs 1h 29m, directed by Carl Reiner. It is one of 3,647 films in the 100 Minute Movies catalog — every one rated 3.0 or higher by Letterboxd members and short enough to finish in an evening.

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'.

Genres: Crime, Comedy, Mystery

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