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'.
Directed by Carl Reiner
father murder
nostalgia
parody
femme fatale
los angeles, california
black and white
private detective
list
private eye
1940s
old footage
nazi underworld
old hollywood
man disguised as woman
gumshoe
repurposed footage
inner monologue
noir spoof
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Steve Martin
Rigby Reardon
Rachel Ward
Juliet Forrest
Alan Ladd
(in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
Carl Reiner
Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck
Barbara Stanwyck
(in "Sorry - Wrong Number") (archive footage)
Ray Milland
(in "The Lost Weekend") (archive footage)
Ava Gardner
(in "The Killers" / "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
(in "The Killers") (archive footage)
Humphrey Bogart
(in "The Big Sleep" / "In a Lonely Place" / "Dark Passage") (archive footage)
Not the best comedy but the idea is just so good it makes up for it. Absolutely insane to think of the kind of planning this took and how seamless so many of the scenes are done.
Not the best comedy but the idea is just so good it makes up for it. Absolutely insane to think of the kind of planning this took and how seamless so many of the scenes are done.
cel
7.0★ · 12/30/25
still not over that coffee he was trying to make … ban him from the kitchen Omfg
still not over that coffee he was trying to make … ban him from the kitchen Omfg
Zane Thibodeaux
6.0★ · 12/30/25
Funny, but I feel like it should have been more outrageous. The splicing scenes stuff is kinda cool, if not a little gimmicky.
Funny, but I feel like it should have been more outrageous. The splicing scenes stuff is kinda cool, if not a little gimmicky.
Poo
7.0★ · 11/30/25
Fun, albeit a bit patchy given the insane way this was probably constructed.
Fun, albeit a bit patchy given the insane way this was probably constructed.
