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Family Plot

Family Plot

Comedy · Crime · Thriller · 1976

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

Movie details

Family Plot

“There's no body in the family plot.”

1976 Comedy · Crime · Thriller 2h 0m

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

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

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Family Plot?

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Alfred Hitchcock

Written by

Ernest Lehman

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

Court is in session

Put Family Plot on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.