Family Plot

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Family Plot

PG,

1976,

2h 0m,

Mystery & Thriller

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40 Reviews

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62%

5,000+ Ratings

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Blanche (Barbara Harris), a less than reputable psychic, and her equally shady boyfriend, George (Bruce Dern), are hired by an elderly lady to find her nephew Arthur (William Devane), who had been given up for adoption as a boy. With little information to go on, the pair track down the now-adult man in San Francisco. Arthur has had a colorful past, including murder and thievery with girlfriend Fran (Karen Black). So when he discovers he is being trailed, he assumes it's for other reasons.

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Critics Consensus

The Master of Suspense's swan song finds him aiming for pulpy thrills and hitting the target, delivering a twisty crime story with pleasurable bite.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

May 12, 2020

If this is Hitchcock's last film, he couldn't have left us on a more confident and mischievously inventive note.

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TIME Staff

TIME Magazine

May 12, 2020

Out of respect for Hitchcock's stature, and his years, Family Plot should be considered as fleetingly as possible.

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David Parkinson

Empire Magazine

May 12, 2020

3/5

Hitchcock's final picture is not one of the classics but has many of the elements that made him great.

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

Jun 26, 2025

This is overlong and plodding, about as clever as a mediocre sitcom, looking like a parody/knockoff of one of Hitchcock's better efforts.

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Madeleine Harmsworth

Sunday Mirror (UK)

Oct 6, 2023

The journey is often amusing and sometimes nerve-wracking. Either way, it is not to be missed.

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Russell Davies

Observer (UK)

Oct 6, 2023

Family Plot is a confection: a sugared almond, from the heart whose kernel the tiny capsule of traditional poison is unaccountably missing. Billed as diabolical, the film is in fact benign to the point of all-out merriment.

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Albus M

Jan 28, 2019

I love this movie. Not Hitchcock's best, but still a movie that I could watch over and over again. Brilliant score by John Williams, too.

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Ron W

Nov 1, 2018

Solid thriller from the master mind Hitchcock. Sad it was his last.

Ron W

Oct 15, 2018

Not crazy about this one. Family Plot was the first Hitchcock movie with comedic elements that I've watched and it didn't really do it for me.

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Anakin S

Sep 27, 2018

A brilliant mixture of comedy and crime thriller, in the best fashion of Hitchcock. Two hours fly in a blink of an eye, featuring the ominous music by John Williams. The performances are superbly acted, every actor is hilarious and salient in his own way. Not a scene is wasted in this picture.

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Luke S

Sep 5, 2018

Family Plot features visually memorable Karen Black plus Barbara Harris and Bruce Dern are such a fun, likable couple. It's well shot and it features a couple of terrific scenes such as the fun breaking the fourth wall ending and the car scene is thrilling. But overall, it's just a solid, but far from great Hitchcock film which is overly convoluted in plot and never as fun or as funny as it should have been.

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Finn S

Sep 4, 2018

Family Plot surprised me. As Alfred Hitchcock's last film, I expected him to be a little burned out and the film to suffer because of it, but it's a clever and captivating movie. Even though it's a little goofy in parts, it still manages to be suspenseful and the story takes turns that I didn't expect. This is upper-tier Hitchcock.

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Alfred Hitchcock

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Bruce Dern

George Lumley

Karen Black

Fran

Barbara Harris

Blanche Tyler

William Devane

Arthur Adamson

Ed Lauter

Joe Maloney

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Synopsis

Blanche (Barbara Harris), a less than reputable psychic, and her equally shady boyfriend, George (Bruce Dern), are hired by an elderly lady to find her nephew Arthur (William Devane), who had been given up for adoption as a boy. With little information to go on, the pair track down the now-adult man in San Francisco. Arthur has had a colorful past, including murder and thievery with girlfriend Fran (Karen Black). So when he discovers he is being trailed, he assumes it's for other reasons.

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer: Alfred Hitchcock
Screenwriter: Victor Canning, Ernest Lehman
Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA/Universal Pictures [us]
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 9, 1976, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 19, 2016
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: Mono

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