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
los angeles, california
black and white
private detective
list
private eye
1940s
old footage
nazi underworld
collage film
old hollywood
man disguised as woman
gumshoe
scientist's daughter
repurposed footage
inner monologue
noir spoof
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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)
seeing steve martin with dark hair is sooo bizarre
seeing steve martin with dark hair is sooo bizarre
grace
4.0★ · 01/27/26
Maybe I’m not as familiar with film noir as I should be. Maybe I’m just not a fan of these collage-type movies. Either way I wanted to like this but it just wasn’t working for me.
Maybe I’m not as familiar with film noir as I should be. Maybe I’m just not a fan of these collage-type movies. Either way I wanted to like this but it just wasn’t working for me.
