Family Plot is a 1976 American dark comedy/thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, his fifty-fourth and final film. It stars Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern, William Devane, and Karen Black.
The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition. There were two working titles: Deceit and Missing Heir.
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