Blood Relatives (1978)
February 1, 1978Release Date
Blood Relatives (1978)
February 1, 1978Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Donald Sutherland
Carella
Aude Landry
Patricia
Lisa Langlois
Muriel
Laurent Malet
Andrew
Walter Massey
M. Lowery
Micheline Lanctôt
Mrs Carella
Stéphane Audran
Mme Lowery
Donald Pleasence
James Doniac
David Hemmings
Armstrong
Kenny Ireland
Bert Klinger
Guy Hoffmann
Priest
Marguerite Lemir
Helene Beck
Gregory Giannis
Sully
Jan Rooney
Grandmother
Tim Henry
Captain Marriott
Victor Knight
Medical Examiner
Jérôme Tiberghien
Moran
Kevin Fenlon
Smoker
Emil Glassbourg
Detective (uncredited)
Howard Ryshpan
Doctor
Tammy Tucker
Jean Hanley
Terrence Labrosse
Attorney
Nina Balogh
Carella's Daughter
Victor Désy
Policeman
Robert King
Policeman
John Boylan
Policeman
Pierre Jansen
Original Music Composer
Eugène Lépicier
Producer
Jean Rabier
Director of Photography
Sydney Banks
Screenplay
Yves Langlois
Editor
Claude Chabrol
Director / Screenplay
Denis Héroux
Producer
Julian Melzack
Executive Producer
Claude Léger
Associate Producer
Anne Pritchard
Production Design
Rose Marie McSherry
Set Decoration
Evan Hunter
Novel
Pierre David
Hairstylist
Michèle Dion
Makeup Artist
Louise Mongeau
Production Manager
Matthew Vibert
Production Manager
Brice Auboyneau
Assistant Director
Justine Héroux
First Assistant Director
Jacques Chamberland
Property Master
Patrick Rousseau
Sound Recordist
John Berrie
Gaffer
Joel Bertomeu
Assistant Camera
Jean-Yves Bruel
Still Photographer
Jean-Marie Buquet
Assistant Camera
Richard Ciupka
Camera Operator
Yves Mansier
Still Photographer
Blanche Boileau
Wardrobe Master
Aurore Pasquiss-Chabrol
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Details.
Release DateFebruary 1, 1978
Original NameLes liens de sang
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingR
Filming LocationsMontreal, Canada
Genres
Wiki.
Blood Relatives (original French title: Les liens de sang) is a 1978 Canadian-French mystery film directed by Claude Chabrol from a screenplay that he and Sydney Banks adapted from the 1975 novel of the same name by Ed McBain. Set in Montreal, Canada, it involves the brutal murder of a teenage girl and the subsequent investigation led by Donald Sutherland as Steve Carella, the lead character of McBain's 87th Precinct series. Blood Relatives was filmed under a policy that allowed full tax deferment to foreign produced films if they reflected a specific portrait of Canada. For this reason, the novel's setting of a thinly-veiled New York City is changed to Montreal. Filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (whose 1963 film High and Low was adapted from an Ed McBain novel) called Chabrol a "pretty skillful director" and this film "the best of all Ed McBain adaptations".