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Family Plot (1976)
6.8
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. Director:Alfred Hitchcock |
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Nominated for Golden Globe.
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Barbara Harris | ... | |
| William Devane | ... | ||
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Cathleen Nesbitt | ... | |
| Katherine Helmond | ... | ||
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Warren J. Kemmerling | ... | |
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Edith Atwater | ... | |
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William Prince | ... | |
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Nicholas Colasanto | ... | |
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Marge Redmond | ... | |
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John Lehne | ... | |
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Charles Tyner | ... |
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Alexander Lockwood | ... | |
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Storyline
The trickster Madam Blanche Tyler lures the elder millionaire Julia Rainbird that believes she is a spiritualist. After a séance, she discovers that Julia is tormented by her past, when she forced her sister and single mother Harriet to deliver her baby for adoption to avoid a family scandal. Julia promises the small fortune of ten thousand-dollar to Blanche if she finds her nephew and heir of her fortune using her phony powers. Blanche asks her boyfriend George Lumley, who is an unemployed actor working as cab driver, to investigate the whereabouts of Julia's nephew. Meanwhile, the greedy jeweler and collector Arthur Adamson kidnaps wealthy people with his girlfriend Fran to increase his collection of diamonds with the ransom. When George concludes that Arthur Adamson might be the heir of Julia Rainbird, the reckless Blanche gets in trouble with the kidnappers. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
From the devious mind of Alfred Hitchcock, a diabolically entertaining motion picture. See more »Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
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Arvet See more »Box Office
Budget:
$4,490,375 (estimated)Gross:
$13,200,000 (USA) (1976)Company Credits
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia
First and only ever score of an Alfred Hitchcock film that was composed by composer John Williams. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: The first time we see Blanche riding in the back of George's taxi it's rather obvious the background is on a "green screen". Because of this, the street lights ahead of the taxi can be seen moving back and forth right through George's hat and head. See more »Crazy Credits
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