It was better than I remembered. I haven't seen it in years. Not as good as Frenzy, but it was okay. Hitchcock was known for using landmarks and regional stereotypes to make it clear or remind people where the movie is set. In this, his last movie, he did the opposite. It was set in Northern California, but the cars didn't even have California license plates. He wanted everything generic.
The sexual innuendo wasn't amusing and was a little disturbing come from Alfred Hitchcock in old age.
But even the scene of the car speeding out of control down a winding mountain road--it was obviously undercranked and filmed in front of a blue screen--worked pretty well.
Barbara Harris as a fake psychic medium. Her boyfriend, Bruce Dern, investigates her clients so she can reveal what he's learned as psychic revelations. A wealthy believer want to find her nephew who was given up for adoption decades earlier.
Meanwhile, William Devane and Karen Black kidnap people and collect diamonds as ransom.
Older viewers might recognize Marge Redmond from 1970's Cool Whip commercials and Katherine Helmond from Soap and Who's the Boss.
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