Family Plot

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Family Plot is a 1976 dark comedy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, known as his final feature and starring Bruce Dern in a tale of psychics, kidnappings, and intersecting cons.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf dark comedy film
film
thriller film
basedOn The Rainbird Pattern (novel adaptation work)
surface form: The Rainbird Pattern
basedOnAuthor Victor Canning
cinematographyBy Leonard J. South NERFINISHED
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Alfred Hitchcock
distributor Universal Pictures
editedBy J. Terry Williams
featuresCharacter Arthur Adamson
Blanche Tyler
Fran
George Lumley
filmFormat 35 mm
followsInFilmography Frenzy
genre dark comedy
mystery film
thriller
hasFilmRating PG (MPAA)
hasTheme deception
greed
identity concealment
isFinalFeatureFilmOf Alfred Hitchcock
musicBy John Williams
narrativeElement intersecting cons
kidnapping
psychic medium
notableFor being Alfred Hitchcock's last completed feature film
originalLanguage English
posterTagline There’s no body in the family plot.
producedBy Alfred Hitchcock
Universal Pictures NERFINISHED
productionCompany Universal Pictures NERFINISHED
releaseDateUS 1976-04-09
releaseYear 1976
runtimeMinutes 120
screenwriter Ernest Lehman
setIn California, United States
surface form: California
starring Barbara Harris
Bruce Dern
Karen Black NERFINISHED
William Devane

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Bruce Dern notableWork Family Plot
Karen Black notableWork Family Plot