Family Plot

Family Plot (1976)

Timing: 2:0 (120 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1976-04-09

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions

Genre

Comedy, Crime, Thriller, Mystery

Budget

$4 490 375

Revenue

$13 200 000

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Director

Alfred Hitchcock

Actors

Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern, Karen Black, William Devane, Ed Lauter, Cathleen Nesbitt, Katherine Helmond, Warren J. Kemmerling, Edith Atwater, William Prince
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Scenario

Producer

Alfred Hitchcock

Operator

Leonard J. South

Composer

John Williams

Artist

Audition

William Batliner

Editing

J. Terry Williams
All team (23)

• The screenplay was initially written under the title "One Plus One Equals One." The film entered production under the title "Deception."
• Filming took place in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
• "Family Plot" was the last, 53rd, film by the great Hitchcock.
• Hitchcock planned for Burt Reynolds or Roy Scheider to play Adamson. He also intended to invite Al Pacino or Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and Beverly Sills or Liza Minnelli for the roles of George, Fran, and Blanche, but considered these actors too “expensive” for his project.
• “Family Plot” is one of ten films based on the works of Victor Canning. In the US, the book was released as “Family Plot,” while its original title, under which it was first published in England, was “The Rainbird Pattern.”
• As a promotional stunt to promote the film, Hitchcock held a press conference in a specially made cemetery set. The names of the invited journalists were “engraved” on the tombstone mockups.
• Alfred Hitchcock’s cameo – Hitchcock’s silhouette is visible through a glass door with the inscription “Births and Deaths Registry.”
• The final shot of the film, in which Blanche winks at the camera, is an improvisation by Barbara Harris that Hitchcock left in the film.
• As a promotional stunt to promote the film, Hitchcock held a press conference in specially made cemetery sets. The names of the invited journalists were "carved" on the tombstone mockups.
• The final shot of the film, in which Blanche winks at the camera, is an improvisation by Barbara Harris, left in the picture by Hitchcock.