---
title: 'Family Plot (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred Hitchcock'
released: '1976-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 120
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/family-plot-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074512/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Family Plot (1976)

1976 · PG · 120 min · Drama, Comedy, Horror, Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Family Plot is a 1976 American black comedy thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in his final directorial feature, and starring Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, and William Devane. It was based on Victor Canning's 1972 novel The Rainbird Pattern, which Ernest Lehman adapted for the screen.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Producer:** [Alfred Hitchcock](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-hitchcock)
- **Screenplay:** [Ernest Lehman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-lehman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [John Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-williams-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leonard J. South](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-j-south)
- **Editor:** [J. Terry Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-terry-williams)

## Cast

- [Cathleen Nesbitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/cathleen-nesbitt)
- [Alan Fudge](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-fudge)
- [Karen Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-black)
- [Richard Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hale)
- [William Prince](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-prince)
- [Katherine Helmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/katherine-helmond)
- [William Devane](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-devane)
- [Edith Atwater](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-atwater)
- [Charles Tyner](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-tyner)
- [Nicholas Colasanto](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-colasanto)
- [Fran Ryan](https://cinepixo.com/people/fran-ryan)
- [Bruce Dern](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-dern)
- [Louise Lorimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-lorimer)
- [Barbara Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-harris)
- [Marge Redmond](https://cinepixo.com/people/marge-redmond)

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