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Family Plot is a 1976 American black comedy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in his final directing role. It was based on Victor Canning 's 1972 novel The Rainbird Pattern, which Ernest Lehman adapted for the screen.
Family Plot: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane. A phony psychic and her cab driver boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir.
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- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1976-04-09
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Spiritualist Blanche Tyler is asked to locate a missing heir, whom she pursues with her cab driver boyfriend Geroge Lumley, an unemployed actor. The man they seek, Arthur Adamson, is posing as a legitimate jeweler while kidnapping wealthy people for a ransom in diamonds. He is assisted by his girlfriend, Fran.
After the release of Frenzy, Hitchcock spent several months recuperating, often staying at home with Alma and browsing books that the Universal story department had sent him. Around this time, according to Patrick McGilligan, the director seriously considered making a cold war spy thriller, possibly even setting the film entirely in Russia. In 1973...
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the icy blonde - Karen Black in the blonde wig and Blanche Tyler (Barbara Harris)Directed by: 1. Alfred Hitchcock Starring: 1. Karen Black - Fran 2. Bruce Dern - George Lumley 3. Barbara Harris - Blanche Tyler 4. William Devane - Arthur Adamson 5. Ed Lauter - Joe Maloney 6. Cathleen Nesbitt - Julia Rainbird 7. Katherine Helmond - Mrs Maloney 8. Warren J Kemmerling - Grandison 9. Edith Atwater - Mrs Clay 10. William Prince - Bis...
Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light(2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 715-16Jump up Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light(2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 716-17Jump up Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light(2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 720-22Jump up Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light(2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 722Blanche (Barbara Harris), a less than reputable psychic, and her equally shady boyfriend, George (Bruce Dern), are hired by an elderly lady to find her nephew Arthur (William Devane), who had been...
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- Alfred Hitchcock
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- Bruce Dern
Summaries. A phony psychic and her cab driver boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir. The medium Madam Blanche Tyler is engaged by the elderly millionaire Julia Rainbird who believes she is a spiritualist.
121 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 1976. Roger Ebert. April 12, 1976. 4 min read. Alfred Hitchcock has always preferred visuals to dialog, yet “Family Plot” opens on a talkative note. A medium, the slightly spaced-out Madame Blanche, is holding a seance with an eccentric old lady.
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Family Plot is a 1976 American dark comedy/thriller film that was the final film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The film was based on Victor Canning's novel The Rainbird Pattern, which Ernest Lehman adapted for the screen. The film stars Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris and William Devane.
