Movie news on your iPhone today!
Advertisement
Sign in
Username   Password         Forgot password?
Wanna join? Sign up
Find movies you'll love
Family Plot
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Rate this movie.

Watch trailer Watch trailer

Rent it, watch it, find it

Advertisement
Synopsis
Alfred Hitchcock's final film was adapted from Victor Canning's novel The Rainbird Pattern by Ernest Lehman, who previously wrote the screenplay for Hitchcock's North by Northwest. Barbara Harris plays Blanche, a phony psychic, hired by wealthy Julia Rainbird (Cathleen Nesbitt) to trace the whereabouts of her nephew, who'd been given up for adoption years earlier and who is now heir to a fortune. Blanche's cohort is "investigator" Lumley (Bruce Dern), who is fully prepared to milk the last dollar out of Julia before locating the long-lost nephew. Meanwhile, we are introduced to elegant kidnappers Adamson and Fran (William Devane and Karen Black). The fates of the two couples are inextricably intertwined by the search for the missing heir. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Edith Atwater Mrs. Clay
Nicholas Colasanto Constantine
Bruce Dern Lumley
William Devane Adamson
Barbara Harris Blanche
Katherine Helmond Mrs. Maloney
Warren Kemmerling Grandison
Ed Lauter Maloney
John Lehne Andy Bush
Alexander Lockwood Parson
Cathleen Nesbitt Julia Rainbird
William Prince Bishop
Marge Redmond Vera Hannagan
Charles Tyner Wheeler
Martin West Sanger
Karen Black Fran

Production Crew

Victor Canning Book Author
Leonard J. South Cinematographer
John Williams Composer (Music Score)
Edith Head Costume Designer
Alfred Hitchcock Director
J. Terry Williams Editor
Howard Kazanjian First Assistant Director
Alfred Hitchcock Producer
Henry Bumstead Production Designer
Ernest B. Wehmeyer Production Manager
Ernest Lehman Screenwriter
James W. Payne Set Designer
James R. Alexander Sound/Sound Designer
Robert L. Hoyt Sound/Sound Designer
Albert J. Whitlock Special Effects
Frank Brendel Special Effects
Jesse Wayne Stunts
Year: 1976
Runtime: 120
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG
Category: Feature


Produced by
Universal

Awards
1976 - Best Picture - National Board of Review