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Family Plot (1976) -- Lighthearted suspense film about a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Family Plot (1976) -- Lighthearted suspense film about a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   6,615 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ernest Lehman (screenplay)
Victor Canning (novel)
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Release Date:
9 April 1976 (USA) more
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Tagline:
You must see it twice! more
Plot:
Lighthearted suspense film about a phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/private investigator boyfriend who encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 2 nominations more
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(3 articles)
User Comments:
Fun parody more (83 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Barbara Harris ... Blanche Tyler
Bruce Dern ... George Lumley
Karen Black ... Fran

William Devane ... Arthur Adamson aka Edward Shoebridge
Ed Lauter ... Joseph P. Maloney
Cathleen Nesbitt ... Julia Rainbird

Katherine Helmond ... Mrs. Maloney
Warren J. Kemmerling ... Grandison
Edith Atwater ... Mrs. Clay
William Prince ... Bishop Wood
Nicholas Colasanto ... Constantine
Marge Redmond ... Vera Hannagan
John Lehne ... Andy Bush
Charles Tyner ... Wheeler - Stone Cutter
Alexander Lockwood ... Parson at Funeral
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Deceit (USA) (working title)
Missing Heir (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
121 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Spain:18 | West Germany:12 (f) | South Korea:15 | Brazil:14 | Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG | USA:PG | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987) | Iceland:12

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Trivia:
The final shot in the movie, a wink by the Barbara Harris character was a jokey reference that was not planned but Alfred Hitchcock decided to leave in. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Towards the end when George is in the basement, he passes a window that shows it is day outside, though the scene takes place at night. more
Quotes:
George: Smells fishy to me.
Blanche: Well even fish smells good when you're starving to death.
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Soundtrack:
Rejoice, the Lord Is King more

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Why is this movie so hard to follow for the first hour?
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18 out of 28 people found the following comment useful.
Fun parody, 14 August 1999
6/10
Author: Penfold-13 from London, UK

Hitchcock was a better director of suspense than comedy.

This is a not altogether successful attempt at a send-up of Hitchcock's classic thrillers. The plot is as convoluted as ever, except that it borders on the silly.

As a stand-alone movie, it's beautifully shot, but too ridiculous to take seriously, without managing to be actually funny.

But if you take the plot as simply a line to hang the parody on, it's nicely amusing. It's a kaleidoscope of scenes from other Hitchcock movies which were scary the first time round, but this time they're caricatures. Relive bits from North By Northwest, Psycho, To Catch A Thief, and many more, grinning as you recognise where they came from.

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