Editing Family Plot (section)

===Casting===
[[File:Alfred Hitchcock and Karen Black.jpg|thumb|upright|Alfred Hitchcock and Karen Black]]
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Hitchcock considered such actors as [[Burt Reynolds]] and [[Roy Scheider]] (for Adamson), [[Al Pacino]] (for George), [[Faye Dunaway]] (for Fran), and [[Beverly Sills]] and [[Goldie Hawn]] (for Blanche) for the film. [[Cybill Shepherd]] wrote in her memoir that she had hoped to play the part of Fran, which eventually went to [[Karen Black]]. High salary demands were partly responsible for his turning to other actors. Although [[Liza Minnelli]] was among the stars recommended to Hitchcock, he was especially delighted to work with [[Barbara Harris (actress)|Barbara Harris]] as the medium. He had previously tried to hire her for other film projects.

Hitchcock had earlier worked with [[Bruce Dern]] on episodes of ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' and on ''[[Marnie (film)|Marnie]]'' (1964), in which he had a brief role in a flashback playing a doomed sailor.