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6.6/10 • 402

1982-05-21 • 1h 29m

ComedyMysteryCrime

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'.

Directors
Carl Reiner
Editors
Bud Molin

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  1. Steve Martin

    Steve Martin

    Rigby Reardon

  2. Rachel Ward

    Rachel Ward

    Juliet Forrest

  3. Alan Ladd

    Alan Ladd

    (in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)

  4. Carl Reiner

    Carl Reiner

    Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck

  5. Barbara Stanwyck

    Barbara Stanwyck

    (in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)

  6. Ray Milland

    Ray Milland

    (in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)

  7. Ava Gardner

    Ava Gardner

    (in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)

  8. Burt Lancaster

    Burt Lancaster

    (in "The Killers") (archive footage)

  9. Humphrey Bogart

    Humphrey Bogart

    (in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$9,000,000.00
Revenue
$18,196,170.00
Keywords
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