Family Plot - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "Family Plot"
Family Plot (1976)
Timing: 2:0 (120 min)
Family Plot - TMDB rating
6.773/10
489
Family Plot - Kinopoisk rating
7.062/10
3136
Family Plot - IMDB rating
6.8/10
27000

Actors and characters

Photo Barbara Harris #100361Photo Barbara Harris #100362Photo Barbara Harris #100363

Barbara Harris

Barbara Harris
Character Blanche Tyler
Photo Bruce Dern #27350Photo Bruce Dern #27351Photo Bruce Dern #27352Photo Bruce Dern #27353

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern
Character George Lumley
Photo Karen Black #83111Photo Karen Black #83112Photo Karen Black #83113Photo Karen Black #83114

Karen Black

Karen Black
Character Fran
Photo William Devane #8602Photo William Devane #8603Photo William Devane #8604Photo William Devane #8605

William Devane

William Devane
Character Arthur Adamson
Photo Ed Lauter #58109Photo Ed Lauter #58110Photo Ed Lauter #58111Photo Ed Lauter #58112

Ed Lauter

Ed Lauter
Character Joseph Maloney
Photo Cathleen Nesbitt #111770

Cathleen Nesbitt

Cathleen Nesbitt
Character Julia Rainbird
Photo Katherine Helmond #18772Photo Katherine Helmond #18773

Katherine Helmond

Katherine Helmond
Character Mrs. Maloney
Photo Warren J. Kemmerling #145121
Warren J. Kemmerling
Character Hank Granderson
Photo Edith Atwater #96240

Edith Atwater

Edith Atwater
Character Mrs. Clay
Photo William Prince #106100

William Prince

William Prince
Character Bishop Wood
Photo Nicholas Colasanto #87147

Nicholas Colasanto

Nicholas Colasanto
Character Victor Constantine
Photo Marge Redmond #200404Photo Marge Redmond #200405Photo Marge Redmond #200406

Marge Redmond

Marge Redmond
Character Mrs. Vera Hannagan
Photo John Steadman #110245
John Steadman
Character Old Man in Cemetery

John Lehne

John Lehne
Character Andy Bush
Photo Charles Tyner #78165

Charles Tyner

Charles Tyner
Character Wheeler
Photo Martin West #118213Photo Martin West #118214
Martin West
Character Floyd Sanger
Photo Alfred Hitchcock #74403Photo Alfred Hitchcock #74404Photo Alfred Hitchcock #74405Photo Alfred Hitchcock #74406

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock
Character Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
Photo Louise Lorimer #113936

Louise Lorimer

Louise Lorimer
Character Ida Cookson (uncredited)
Photo Elisabeth Brooks #109964

Elisabeth Brooks

Elisabeth Brooks
Character Woman in Cafe with Priest (uncredited)
Carl Byrd
Character Lieutenant Peterson (uncredited)
Dee Carroll
Character Vera's Supervisor (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Character Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Photo Alan Fudge #36593

Alan Fudge

Alan Fudge
Character Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Photo Richard Hale #55844
Richard Hale
Character A.A. Adamson (uncredited)
Harriet E. MacGibbon
Character Mrs. Cunningham (uncredited)
Photo Fran Ryan #84671

Fran Ryan

Fran Ryan
Character Registrar Clerk (uncredited)
Photo Vernon Weddle #109630
Vernon Weddle
Character Priest in Diner (uncredited)
Photo Darrell Zwerling #48433

Darrell Zwerling

Darrell Zwerling
Character Priest (uncredited)

What's left behind the scenes

  • 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.
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