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Family Plot
There's no body in the family plot.
( Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Thriller )


Family Plot Poster

MPAA Rating:
PG

US Runtime: 120 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Apr 09, 1976   [USA]
 
Director: Alfred Hitchcock   [Director]
 
Writer: Ernest Lehman   [Screenplay]
 
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Leonard J. South   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: J. Terry Williams   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by John Williams   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Henry Bumstead   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Edith Head   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by William Batliner   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions   (US)
Universal Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    Two frauds seeking a woman's heir cross paths with another couple planning a kidnapping scheme.

Cast:

Barbara Harris
Blanche Tyler
Bruce Dern
George Lumley
Karen Black
Fran
William Devane
Arthur Adamson
Ed Lauter
Joseph Maloney
Cathleen Nesbitt
Julia Rainbird
Katherine Helmond
Mrs. Maloney
Warren J. Kemmerling
Hank Granderson
Edith Atwater
Mrs. Clay
 
William Prince
Bishop Wood
Nicholas Colasanto
Victor Constantine
Marge Redmond
Mrs. Vera Hannagan
John Steadman
Old Man in Cemetery
John Lehne
Andy Bush
Charles Tyner
Wheeler
Alexander Lockwood
Parson
Martin West
Floyd Sanger
 

Uncredited Cast:


Alfred Hitchcock
Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
Louise Lorimer
Ida Cookson (uncredited)
Elisabeth Brooks
Woman in Cafe with Priest (uncredited)
Carl Byrd
Lieutenant Peterson (uncredited)
Dee Carroll
Vera's Supervisor (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Man at Funeral (uncredited)
 
Alan Fudge
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Richard Hale
A.A. Adamson (uncredited)
Harriet E. MacGibbon
Mrs. Cunningham (uncredited)
Fran Ryan
Registrar Clerk (uncredited)
Vernon Weddle
Priest in Diner (uncredited)
Darrell Zwerling
Priest (uncredited)
 
 

Sound Crew:


James R. Alexander
Sound
 
Robert L. Hoyt
Sound
 
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Albert Whitlock
Visual Effects
 
 

Art Department:


Ron Jeschke
Leadman
James W. Payne
Set Decoration
 
Thomas J. Wright
Production Illustrator
 

Directing Crew:


Wayne A. Farlow
Second Assistant Director
 
Howard G. Kazanjian
First Assistant Director
 
 

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