A Blueprint for Murder

A Blueprint for Murder

77 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | July 24, 1953

Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that the death of her stepchild, Polly, has been attributed to poisoning, he suspects that Lynn is after his late brother's estate, and killing everyone in her way.

A Blueprint for Murder

77 mins | Drama, Thriller, Mystery | July 24, 1953

A Blueprint for Murder
Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that the death of her stepchild, Polly, has been attributed to poisoning, he suspects that Lynn is after his late brother's estate, and killing everyone in her way.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title A Blueprint for Murder
Directors Andrew L. Stone, Ad Schaumer
Writers Andrew L. Stone

Cast

Joseph Cotten

as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

Jean Peters

as Lynn Cameron

Gary Merrill

as Fred Sargent

Catherine McLeod

as Maggie Sargent

Jack Kruschen

as Detective Lieutenant Harold Y. Cole

Barney Phillips

as Detective Captain Pringle

Freddy Ridgeway

as Doug Cameron

Harry Carter

as Wheeler (Uncredited)

James Gonzalez

as Joe Cunningham (Uncredited)

Ed Hinton

as Ed (Uncredited)

Jonathan Hole

as Dr. Stevenson (Uncredited)

Mae Marsh

as Anna Swenson (Uncredited)

Carleton Young

as Frank Connelly (Uncredited)

Joyce McCluskey

as Nurse Bobbie Brownell (Uncredited)

Grandon Rhodes

as Probate Judge James J. Adams (Uncredited)

Walter Sande

as District Attorney John J. Henderson (Uncredited)

Herb Butterfield

as Judge at Preliminary Hearing (Uncredited)

Charles Collins

as Pesticide Seller (Uncredited)

Oliver Cross

as Club Member (Uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Maggie's Friend at Club (Uncredited)

Teddy Mangean

as Attendant (Uncredited)

Tyler McVey

as Police Lab Technician (Uncredited)

George Melford

as Bailiff (Uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Lynn's Lawyer (Uncredited)

Hans Moebus

as Lawyer (Uncredited)

Eugene Borden

as Headwaiter (Uncredited)

Raymond Gray

as Waiter (Uncredited)

Arthur J. Flaven

as Waiter (Uncredited)

Jack Deery

as Restaurant Patron (Uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

as Restaurant Patron (Uncredited)

Don Kohler

as Ship's Officer (Uncredited)

Thomas Martin

as Ship's Cocktail Waiter (Uncredited)

Alex Ball

as Ship's Passenger (Uncredited)

Herbert Lytton

as Ship's Doctor (Uncredited)

Bert Stevens

as Ship's Headwaiter (Uncredited)

Charles Tannen

as Detective (Uncredited)

Bernard Sell

as Detective (Uncredited)

Julian Upton

as Detective (Uncredited)

Guy Kingsford

as Detective (Uncredited)

Ray Hyke

as Hospital Pharmacist (Uncredited)

Aline Towne

as Hospital File Clerk (Uncredited)

Marjorie Stapp

as Nurse (Uncredited)

Sally Yarnell

as Nurse (Uncredited)

Pamela Duncan

as Nurse (Uncredited)