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Family Plot

Family Plot

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Family Plot

"There's no body in the family plot."

1976

2h 0m

6.8(509 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Thriller

Overview

Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

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Links & Resources

Social & External

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Barbara Harris

Barbara Harris

Blanche Tyler

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern

George Lumley

Karen Black

Karen Black

Fran

William Devane

William Devane

Arthur Adamson

Ed Lauter

Ed Lauter

Joseph Maloney

Cathleen Nesbitt

Cathleen Nesbitt

Julia Rainbird

Katherine Helmond

Katherine Helmond

Mrs. Maloney

Warren J. Kemmerling

Warren J. Kemmerling

Hank Granderson

Edith Atwater

Edith Atwater

Mrs. Clay

William Prince

William Prince

Bishop Wood

Creative team

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
Written by: Ernest Lehman
Produced by: Alfred Hitchcock

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