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A phony psychic/con artist and her taxi driver/actor boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
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Fran
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George Lumley
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Blanche Tyler
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Arthur Adamson
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Maloney
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Julia Rainbird
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Mrs. Maloney
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Grandison
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Mrs. Clay
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Bishop
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Constantine
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Vera Hannagan
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Andy Bush
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Wheeler
Alexander Lockwood ...
Parson
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Sanger
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Woman in Cafe with Priest (uncredited)
Carl Byrd ...
Lieutenant Peterson (uncredited)
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Vera's Supervisor (uncredited)
Dick Cherney ...
Man at Funeral (uncredited)
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Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
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A.A. Adamson (uncredited)
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Silhouette at Office of Vital Statistics (uncredited)
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Ida Cookson (uncredited)
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Mrs. Cunningham (uncredited)
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Registrar Clerk (uncredited)
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Old Man in Cemetery (uncredited)
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Priest in Diner (uncredited)
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Priest (uncredited)

Directed by

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Alfred Hitchcock

Written by

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Ernest Lehman ... (screenplay)
 
Victor Canning ... (novel "The Rainbird Pattern")

Produced by

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Alfred Hitchcock ... producer (uncredited)

Music by

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John Williams

Cinematography by

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Leonard J. South ... director of photography

Editing by

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J. Terry Williams ... film editor (as J Terry Williams)

Editorial Department

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Eddie Broussard ... assistant film editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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William Batliner ... (uncredited)

Production Design by

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Henry Bumstead

Set Decoration by

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James W. Payne ... (set decorations)

Costume Design by

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Edith Head

Makeup Department

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Jack Barron ... makeup man
Doug Kelly ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Jo Ann Phillips ... hairdresser (uncredited)

Production Management

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Ernest B. Wehmeyer ... unit production manager
Charles Clement ... post production operations head (uncredited)
Hilton A. Green ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Wayne A. Farlow ... second assistant director
Howard G. Kazanjian ... first assistant director
John Slosser ... additional second assistant director (uncredited)
Don Zepfel ... dga trainee (uncredited)

Art Department

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Thomas J. Wright ... production illustrator
Michael Dale ... assistant property master (uncredited)
Douglas Freeman ... set dresser (uncredited)
Ron Jeschke ... leadman (uncredited)
Henry Larrecq ... assistant art director (uncredited)
Joseph M. LeBaron ... construction coordinator (uncredited)
Robert Murdock ... property master (uncredited)
Sam Pritchard ... stand-by painter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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James R. Alexander ... sound (as James Alexander)
Robert L. Hoyt ... sound
Roger Heman Jr. ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Earl Madery ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Dennis C. Salcedo ... optical sound transfer (uncredited)
Edwin J. Somers Jr. ... boom operator (uncredited)
Roger Sword ... supervising sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Frank Brendel ... special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Albert Whitlock ... special visual effects
Syd Dutton ... matte artist (uncredited)
Bill Taylor ... matte camera (uncredited)
Arthur Widmer ... blue screen specialist (uncredited)

Stunts

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Everett Creach ... stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Dick Warlock ... stunts (uncredited)
Jesse Wayne ... stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Larry Barbier ... still photographer (uncredited)
Jon Guterres ... grip: San Francisco (uncredited)
William T. Jones ... grip (uncredited)
Earl Kennedy ... gaffer (uncredited)
Tom Kessenich ... key grip (uncredited)
Rick Neff ... camera assistant (uncredited)
Eddie Rio Jr. ... camera operator (uncredited)
Tim Ryan ... dolly grip (uncredited)
Jack S. Schlosser ... best boy (uncredited)
Michael D. Weldon ... camera assistant (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Karl Brindle ... extras casting (uncredited)
Ruth Bruning ... casting secretary (uncredited)
Don McElwaine ... bit casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Robert Chase ... costumer: men (uncredited)
Robert Ellsworth ... costumer: men (uncredited)
Phyllis Garr ... costumer: women (uncredited)

Music Department

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Arnold Belnick ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Chuck Berghofer ... musician: fender bass (uncredited)
Milt Bernhart ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Thomas R. Buffum ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Larry Bunker ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Douglas Davis ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Sandy De Crescent ... orchestra contractor (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Chuck Domanico ... musician: fender bass (uncredited)
Bonnie Jean Douglas ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Assa Drori ... musician: violin (uncredited)
David Duke ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Dominick Fera ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Caesar Giovannini ... musician: piano/keyboards (uncredited)
Ralph Grierson ... musician: piano/keyboards (uncredited)
Norman Herzburg ... musician: bassoon (uncredited)
Davida G. Jackson ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Plas Johnson ... musician: saxophone (uncredited)
Armand Kaproff ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Dennis Karmazyn ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Raphael Kramer ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Michael Lang ... musician: piano (uncredited)
Abe Luboff ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Alfred Lustgarten ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Edgar Lustgarten ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Arthur Maebe ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Virginia Majewski ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Shelly Manne ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Lincoln Mayorga ... musician: piano/keyboards (uncredited)
Richard Nash ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Dan Neufeld ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Erno Neufeld ... musician: violin (uncredited)
John Neufeld ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Richard Perissi ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Bill Perkins ... musician: saxophone (uncredited)
Dorothy Remsen ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Joseph E. Romero ... music editor (uncredited)
Meyer Rubin ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Sheldon Sanov ... musician: violin (uncredited)
David Schwartz ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Frederick Seykora ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Haim Shtrum ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Paul Shure ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Edwin J. Somers Jr. ... music scoring mixer (uncredited)
Herbert W. Spencer ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Sheridon Stokes ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Tommy Tedesco ... musician: guitar (uncredited)
Phillip A. Teele ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Milton Thomas ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Lloyd Ulyate ... musician: trombone (uncredited)
Gerald Vinci ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Ken Watson ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
Jerry Williams ... musician: percussion (uncredited)
John Williams ... conductor (uncredited)
Albert Woodbury ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Kenneth Yerke ... musician: violin (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Lois Thurman ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Russ Buckens ... driver co-captain (uncredited)
Tony Emerzian ... driver: Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited)
Jack Lloyd ... transportation captain (uncredited)
John Tuell ... transportation (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Tom Greene ... production assistant
Peggy Robertson ... assistant: Mr. Hitchcock
Sue Gauthier ... secretary: Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited)
Chuck House ... projectionist (uncredited)
Charles Lippincott ... publicist (uncredited) / unit publicist (uncredited)
Dolly Sanzone ... production secretary (uncredited)
Ronnie Wicks ... craft service (uncredited)
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

The medium Madam Blanche Tyler is engaged by the elderly millionaire Julia Rainbird who believes she is a spiritualist. After a séance, Blanche discovers that Julia is tormented by her past, when she forced her sister and unmarried mother Harriet to deliver her baby for adoption to avoid a family scandal. Julia promises the small fortune of ten thousand-dollars to Blanche if she finds her nephew and heir of her fortune using her physic powers. Blanche and her boyfriend George Lumley, who is an unemployed actor working as cab driver, investigate the whereabouts of Julia's nephew. Meanwhile, the greedy jeweler Arthur Adamson kidnaps wealthy people with his girlfriend Fran and requests diamonds for the ransom. When George's investigations conclude that Arthur Adamson might be the heir of Julia Rainbird, the reckless Blanche gets in trouble with the kidnappers. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Taglines You must see it twice! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Deception (United States)
  • Alfred Hitchcock's Family Plot (United States)
  • Deceit (United States)
  • Missing Heir (United States)
  • Alfred Hitchcock's 53rd Film (United States)
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  • 120 min
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Budget $4,490,375 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia At one point during filming, Bruce Dern questioned Sir Alfred Hitchcock about why he was cast. Hitchcock replied, "Because Mr. Packinow wanted a million dollars, and Hitch doesn't pay a million dollars." It took Dern a while to realize that "Mr. Packinow" was Al Pacino. See more »
Goofs When the runaway car is careening down the mountain, George is almost strangled by Blanche as she hangs on to his tie while flailing around in the back of the car. George's tie is clearly loose around his neck in several shots. When he crashes and climbs out of the car, the tie knot is perfect. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Marlene (1984). See more »
Soundtracks Rejoice, the Lord Is King See more »
Crazy Credits The Universal logo does not appear anywhere on this film. See more »
Quotes George: Smells fishy to me.
Blanche: Well even fish smells good when you're starving to death.
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