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Family Plot

Genre
Comedy
Rating
PG
Released
9 April, 1976
Family Plot

Family Plot is a 1976 American Technicolor black comedy thriller, the final film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It was based on Victor Canning's 1972 novel The Rainbird Pattern, which Ernest Lehman adapted for the screen. The film stars Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris and William Devane; it was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition. The story involves two couples: one a "fake" psychic and her cab-driving boyfriend, the other a pair of professional thieves and kidnappers. Their lives come into conflict because of a search for a missing heir. The film's title is a pun: "family plot" can refer to an area in a cemetery that has been bought by one family for the burial of its various relatives; in this case it also means a dramatic plot line involving various family members.

Director Alfred Hitchcock
Produced by Alfred Hitchcock
Writer(s) Ernest Lehman
Starring Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Karen Black
Music John Williams
Cinematography Leonard J. South
Edited by J. Terry Williams
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Released April 09, 1976
Running time 120 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $4.5 million
Box office $13.2 million
Netflix ID 60020560

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Alfred Hitchcock-directed comedy about a con artist playing psychic and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who cross paths with serial kidnappers while tracking a missing heir.

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It was based on the novel The Rainbird Pattern by Ernest LehmanBarbara Harris was nominated for a Golden Globe in the category of Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.

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Films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.. 1970s psychological thriller films.. 1970s mystery films.. American comedy thriller films.. Films based on thriller novels.. Edgar Award-winning works.. American detective films.. Films shot in San Francisco.

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