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Dominican Rep. Family Plot
- Original title
- Family Plot
- Year
- 1976
- Running time
- 120 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Karen Black
Bruce Dern
Barbara Harris
William Devane
Ed Lauter
Cathleen Nesbitt
Katherine Helmond- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Mystery
- 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)
- Awards
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1976: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Actress - Musical/Comedy (Barbara Harris)1976: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Adapted Comedy Screenplay1976: Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection (Out Of Competition)1976: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Ten Films.
- Critics' reviews
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"Family Plot is a dazzling achievement for Alfred Hitchcock masterfully controlling shifts from comedy to drama thoughout a highly complex plot"
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"Because there is no point in worrying over hapless victims, the audience can devote its energies to trying to guess how the master will stage his next sneak attack. It's futile. At 76, Hitchcock is still one jump ahead."
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