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MONEY
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Shot for just $4.5M โ micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Family Plot
"There's no body in the family plot."
1976 2h 0m EN
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6.8TMDB ยท 525
ComedyCrimeThriller
Synopsis
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Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
โThere's no body in the family plot.โ
Cast
Barbara Harris
Blanche Tyler
Bruce Dern
George Lumley
Karen Black
Fran
William Devane
Arthur Adamson
Ed Lauter
Joseph Maloney
Cathleen Nesbitt
Julia Rainbird
Katherine Helmond
Mrs. Maloney
Warren J. Kemmerling
Hank Granderson
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Writers
- Ernest Lehman
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Fun facts ๐ฟ
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ERA
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50 years old โ a genuine piece of film history.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, shot by Leonard J. South. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by John Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor J. Terry Williams shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Barbara Harris and Bruce Dern and Karen Black carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "There's no body in the family plot.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0074512 โ still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Alfred Hitchcock directs. Leonard J. South behind the camera. John Williams scores. J. Terry Williams cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $4.5M โ micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 250 years old โ a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, shot by Leonard J. South. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by John Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor J. Terry Williams shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Barbara Harris and Bruce Dern and Karen Black carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "There's no body in the family plot.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt0074512 โ still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 12 themes, including "fortune teller", "kidnapping", "detective", "greed".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Leonard J. South
- Original score
- John Williams
- Editing
- J. Terry Williams
- Production design
- Henry Bumstead
- Costume design
- Edith Head
- Makeup / hair
- Jack Barron
- Runtime
- 120 min ยท 2h 0m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4,500,000
- Box office
- $13,200,000
- Return
- 293% of budget
- Original language
- EN
Awards
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Alfred Hitchcock
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Universal Pictures
US
- AL
Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
US
Key crew
- Production DesignHenry Bumstead
- Costume DesignEdith Head
- NovelVictor Canning
- ProducerAlfred Hitchcock
- Unit Production ManagerErnest B. Wehmeyer
- Second Assistant DirectorWayne A. Farlow
- First Assistant DirectorHoward G. Kazanjian
- Production IllustratorThomas J. Wright
- SoundJames R. Alexander
- SoundRobert L. Hoyt
- Visual EffectsAlbert Whitlock
- Script SupervisorLois Thurman
- Production AssistantTom Greene
- EditorJ. Terry Williams
- CastingWilliam Batliner
- Set DecorationJames W. Payne
- Makeup ArtistJack Barron
- Makeup ArtistDoug Kelly
- HairstylistJo Ann Phillips
- LeadmanRon Jeschke
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- fortune teller
- kidnapping
- detective
- greed
- investigation
- dark comedy
- fraud
- fake identity
- murder
- heir
- spiritualist
- armed robbery
Release history ยท US
When it landed
- Theatrical1976-04-09
Also known as
International titles
- ๅฎถๅบญ้ด่ฐCN
- ิธีถีฟีกีถีฅีฏีกีถ ีีตีธึีชีฅAM
