A Blueprint for Murder

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

Sep 1 1953 Approved 1h 17m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

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.

Plot

Two orphans, Polly and Doug, live with their stepmother Lynne; Polly collapses with the same mystery symptoms that killed her father. The kids' visiting uncle, Whitney Cameron, is warned that the symptoms match strychnine poisoning, but that poisoners are seldom detected and rarely convicted. Sure enough, no case can be made against the obvious suspect; so what can Whitney do to save the next victim?

Written by

Andrew L. Stone

Directed by

Andrew L. Stone

Cast

Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

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