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A medium, the slightly spaced-out Madame Blanche, is holding a seance with an eccentric old lady. They're in the old lady's parlor, surrounded by antiques and heirlooms and an abundance of deep shadows, and the old lady is involved in this incredibly complicated tale about events of years ago.
Blanche (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...
- (400)
- Alfred Hitchcock
- PG
- Bruce Dern
Apr 9, 1976 · Family Plot: Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. With Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane. A phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/actor boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
- (24K)
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Alfred Hitchcock
- 1976-04-09
Family Plot Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Madeleine Harmsworth Sunday Mirror (UK) The journey is often amusing and sometimes nerve-wracking. Either way,...
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.
- $4.5 million
- John Williams
- Alfred Hitchcock
National Board of Review, USA. • 1 Win & 1 Nomination. A phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Family plot is a tightly woven plot, it sets up two criminal couples, one playing for very high stakes, the other looking to make ends meet. You wonder how on Earth they're going to collide, the moment they do is very satisfying.
