Family Plot
There's no body in the family plot.
Rating: 6.8 out of 10TMDB(528 votes)
Overview
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the National Board of Review for Top Ten Films
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Box office
Grossed $13.2M worldwide, about 2.9 times its $4.5M budget
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Based on
Based on The Rainbird Pattern
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Filming locations
Filmed in San Francisco
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Music
Music by John Williams
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Leonard J. South
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Ernest LehmanScreenplay
- Victor CanningNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 9, 1976
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Revenue
- $13.2M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Barbara HarrisBlanche Tyler
Bruce DernGeorge Lumley
Karen BlackFran
William DevaneArthur Adamson
Ed LauterJoseph Maloney
Cathleen NesbittJulia Rainbird
Katherine HelmondMrs. Maloney
Warren J. KemmerlingHank Granderson
Edith AtwaterMrs. Clay
William PrinceBishop Wood
Nicholas ColasantoVictor Constantine
Marge RedmondMrs. Vera Hannagan
John SteadmanOld Man in Cemetery
John LehneAndy Bush
Charles TynerWheeler
Alexander LockwoodParson
Martin WestFloyd Sanger
Alfred HitchcockSilhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
Louise LorimerIda Cookson (uncredited)- Elisabeth BrooksWoman in Cafe with Priest (uncredited)
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