Family Plot

Production year: 1976

Drama PG   Running time: 2:01 

IMDB rating:   6.8     Aspect: Wide;  Languages: English, French;  Subtitles: English, Spanish;  Audio: DD 2.0

Alfred Hitchcock's final film is understated comic fun that mixes suspense with deft humor, thanks to a solid cast. The plot centers on the kidnapping of an heir and a diamond theft by a pair of bad guys led by Karen Black and William Devane. The cops seem befuddled, but that doesn't stop a questionable psychic (Barbara Harris) and her not overly bright boyfriend (Bruce Dern, in a rare good-guy role) from picking up the trail and actually solving the crime. Did she do it with actual psychic powers? That's part of the fun of Harris's enjoyably ditsy performance.

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"Plotting Family Plot" Documentary
Family Plot