A Blueprint for Murder

A Blueprint for Murder(1953)

"He kissed her into the most sacred confession a woman can make!"

6.1/10
37 votes
77 minJuly 24, 1953

Overview

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.

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Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cotten

Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

Jean Peters

Jean Peters

Lynn Cameron

Gary Merrill

Gary Merrill

Fred Sargent

Catherine McLeod

Catherine McLeod

Maggie Sargent

Jack Kruschen

Jack Kruschen

Detective Lieutenant Harold Y. Cole

Barney Phillips

Barney Phillips

Detective Captain Pringle

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Freddy Ridgeway

Doug Cameron

Harry Carter

Harry Carter

Wheeler (Uncredited)

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James Gonzalez

Joe Cunningham (Uncredited)

Ed Hinton

Ed Hinton

Ed (Uncredited)

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Jonathan Hole

Dr. Stevenson (Uncredited)

Mae Marsh

Mae Marsh

Anna Swenson (Uncredited)

Carleton Young

Carleton Young

Frank Connelly (Uncredited)

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Joyce McCluskey

Nurse Bobbie Brownell (Uncredited)

Grandon Rhodes

Grandon Rhodes

Probate Judge James J. Adams (Uncredited)

Walter Sande

Walter Sande

District Attorney John J. Henderson (Uncredited)

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Herb Butterfield

Judge at Preliminary Hearing (Uncredited)

Charles Collins

Charles Collins

Pesticide Seller (Uncredited)

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Oliver Cross

Club Member (Uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Maggie's Friend at Club (Uncredited)

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Teddy Mangean

Attendant (Uncredited)

Tyler McVey

Tyler McVey

Police Lab Technician (Uncredited)

George Melford

George Melford

Bailiff (Uncredited)

Harold Miller

Harold Miller

Lynn's Lawyer (Uncredited)

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Hans Moebus

Lawyer (Uncredited)

Eugene Borden

Eugene Borden

Headwaiter (Uncredited)

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Raymond Gray

Waiter (Uncredited)

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Arthur J. Flaven

Waiter (Uncredited)

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Jack Deery

Restaurant Patron (Uncredited)

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Kenneth Gibson

Restaurant Patron (Uncredited)

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Don Kohler

Ship's Officer (Uncredited)

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Thomas Martin

Ship's Cocktail Waiter (Uncredited)

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Alex Ball

Ship's Passenger (Uncredited)

Herbert Lytton

Herbert Lytton

Ship's Doctor (Uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Bert Stevens

Ship's Headwaiter (Uncredited)

Charles Tannen

Charles Tannen

Detective (Uncredited)

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Bernard Sell

Detective (Uncredited)

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Julian Upton

Detective (Uncredited)

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Guy Kingsford

Detective (Uncredited)

Herbert Ellis

Herbert Ellis

Detective (Uncredited)

Ray Hyke

Ray Hyke

Hospital Pharmacist (Uncredited)

Aline Towne

Aline Towne

Hospital File Clerk (Uncredited)

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Marjorie Stapp

Nurse (Uncredited)

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Sally Yarnell

Nurse (Uncredited)

Pamela Duncan

Pamela Duncan

Nurse (Uncredited)

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