Family Plot
Barbara Harris as Blanche Tyler, the psychic, in Alfred Hitchcock's last film, Family Plot.
Family Plot was produced in 1975 and released in 1976
Cast
Barbara Harris... Blanche Tyler
Bruce Dern... George Lumley
William Devane... Arthur Adamson aka Edward Shoebridge
Karen Black... Fran
Ed Lauter... Joseph P. Maloney
Cathleen Nesbitt... Julia Rainbird
Katherine Helmond... Mrs. Maloney
Warren J. Kemmerling... Grandison
Edith Atwater... Mrs. Clay
William Prince... Bishop Wood
Nicholas Colasanto... Constantine
Marge Redmond... Vera Hannagan
John Lehne... Andy Bush
Charles Tyner... Wheeler - Stone Cutter
Alexander Lockwood... Parson at Funeral
Martin West... Floyd Sanger
Family Plot(1976) titles
Themes and Motifs in Alfred Hitchcock's Films
Newspapers • Alcohol • Birds motif • Blackmail • Film in the Film • Flashbacks • Kiss • High Angle Shots • Homosexuality • Murders • Serial Killers • Strangulation • Subjective Camera • Titles design (opening credit •
Black people in Hitchcock's Films
Downhill |
In Marseille there is a black man among the sailors who says that Roddy (Ivor Novello) is "dotty – he’s seein’ things." |
The Ring |
At the fair people can throw balls on a black man to make him fall down. Two boys throw an egg at him, to the crowd's amusement. One of the members of "One-Round" Jack's team is black. |
Champagne |
The black servant brings a telegram to the father (Gordon Harker) who scorns him. He is extremely servile and walks around almost as a chimpanzee.
A black man works as a bartender in the restaurant. |
Young and Innocent |
The killer (drummer man) performs in a band performing in blackface.
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Shadow of a Doubt |
When Charlie goes to Santa Rosa by train, the railroad porter is black.
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Strangers on a Train |
The senator's servant is black. |
Topaz |
Philippe Dubois (Roscoe Lee Browne) takes the identity of a black journalist from Ebony, sneaks into the Cuban embassy, manages to take photos of some of the important documents and then runs away, chased by Cuban revolutionaries. |
Family Plot |
One of the FBI agents questioning Arthur Adamson in his jewel store. |
Alfred Hitchcock Cameos
Foreign Correspondent
After John Jones (Joel McCrea) leaves his hotel, Hitchcock is seen wearing a coat and hat and reading a newspaper. |
The Birds
As Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) enters the pet shop, Hitch is leaving with two white Sealyham terriers. |
Family Plot
Hitchcock's silhouette is seen through the door of the Registrar of Births and Deaths. |
Marnie
Hitchcock is entering from the left of the hotel corridor after Tippi Hedren passes by. |
The Lodger
Hitchcock is sitting at a desk in the newsroom. |
Torn Curtain
Hitchcock is sitting in the lobby of Hotel d'Angleterre, Copenhagen, with a baby on his knee. He shifts the child from one knee to the other. |
Shadow of a Doubt
Shadow of a Doubt: Hitchock's cameo on the train taking uncle Charlie to Santa Rosa. |
The Paradine Case
Hitchcock is leaving the train at Cumberland Station, carrying a cello case. Gregory Peck is carrying the suitcase. |
Psycho
Hitchcock wearing a cowboy hat can be seen through the office window when Janet Leigh is entering. |
Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock is seen in a grey suit walking in the street outside Gavin Elsters company buildings. |
Young and Innocent
Hitchcock is standing outside the courthouse, holding a camera. |
Stage Fright
Hichcock is turning to look back at Jane Wyman in her disguise as Marlene Dietrich's maid. |
The Wrong Man
Alfred Hitchcock introduces The Wrong Man in what is not a normal cameo appearence. |
North by Northwest
Hitchcock too late for the bus at the end of the titles sequence. |
