Family Plot (1976)
- Starring:
- Karen Black, Bruce Dern, (more)
- Director(s):
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Mystery & Suspense
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Alfred Hitchcock's final film was adapted from Victor Canning's novel The Rainbird Pattern by Ernest Lehman, who previously wrote the screenplay for Hitchcock's North by Northwest. Barbara Harris plays Blanche, a phony psychic, hired by wealthy Julia Rainbird (Cathleen Nesbitt) to trace the whereabouts of her nephew, who'd been given up for adoption years earlier and who is now heir to a fortune. Blanche's cohort is "investigator" Lumley (Bruce Dern), who is fully prepared to milk the last dollar out of Julia before locating the long-lost nephew. Meanwhile, we are introduced to elegant kidnappers Adamson and Fran (William Devane and Karen Black). The fates of the two couples are inextricably intertwined by the search for the missing heir. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 121 mins
Complete Cast:
- Karen Black - Fran
- Barbara Harris - Blanche
- Ed Lauter - Maloney
- Katherine Helmond - Mrs. Maloney
- Edith Atwater - Mrs. Clay
- Nicholas Colasanto - Constantine
- John Lehne - Andy Bush
- Alexander Lockwood - Parson
- Louise Lorimer
- Clint Young
- Bruce Dern - Lumley
- William Devane - Adamson
- Cathleen Nesbitt - Julia Rainbird
- Warren Kemmerling - Grandison
- William Prince - Bishop
- Marge Redmond - Vera Hannagan
- Charles Tyner - Wheeler
- Martin West - Sanger
- Kate Murtagh
- Director(s):
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Writer(s):
- Ernest Lehman
- Producer(s):
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Questionable for Children, Violence, Adult Language)
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense
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- 1976 - Family Plot - Edgar Allan Poe Awards - Best Screenplay







