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A Blueprint for Murder

Duration:

77 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Andrew L. Stone

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Pamela Duncan

Joseph Cotten

Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

Jean Peters

Lynn Cameron

Gary Merrill

Fred Sargent

Catherine McLeod

Maggie Sargent

Jack Kruschen

Det.ective Lt. Harold Y. Cole

Barney Phillips

Detective Capt. Pringle

Freddy Ridgeway

Doug Cameron

Eugene Borden

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Herbert Butterfield

Judge at Preliminary Hearing (uncredited)

Harry Carter

Wheeler - Lynne's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Charles Collins

Pesticide Seller (uncredited)

Herbert Ellis

First Detective at Desk (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Maggie's Friend at Club (uncredited)

Raymond Gray

Waiter (uncredited)

Ed Hinton

Ed - Detective (uncredited)

Jonathan Hole

Dr. Stevenson (uncredited)

Ray Hyke

Hospital Pharmacist (uncredited)

Guy Kingsford

Detective (uncredited)

Don Kohler

Ship's Officer (uncredited)

Herbert Lytton

Ship's Doctor (uncredited)

Teddy Mangean

Attendant (uncredited)

Mae Marsh

Anna Swenson - Lynne's Housekeeper (uncredited)

Thomas Martin

Ship's Cocktail Waiter (uncredited)

Joyce McCluskey

Nurse Bobbie Brownell (uncredited)

Tyler McVey

Police Lab Technician (uncredited)

George Melford

Bailiff (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Lynn's Lawyer (uncredited)

Grandon Rhodes

Probate Judge James J. Adams (uncredited)

Walter Sande

Dist. Atty. John J. Henderson (uncredited)

Marjorie Stapp

Nurse (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Ship's Headwaiter (uncredited)

Charles Tannen

Detective (uncredited)

Aline Towne

Hospital File Clerk (uncredited)

Sally Yarnell

Nurse (uncredited)

Carleton Young

Ship's Det. Frank Connelly (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The ship at sea is the same miniature model used for for Titanic (1953), which in turn was used for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) and Dangerous Crossing (1953).

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Also the interiors of the dining room and staircase on the ship were from the same movies.

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Goofs

As an autopsy shows that Cam's brother had no strychnine in his body, it is not explained why he exhibited the exact same symptoms as his poisoned daughter.

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Quotes

Polly Cameron: [off-screen] Don't touch my feet! Is this interesting? Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options [last lines] Whitney 'Cam' Cameron: [narrating] On October 10th 1952, Lynne Cameron was convicted of murder in the first degree. Her sentence: life imprisonment. And so to the names of Madeleine Smith, Florence Maybrick, Lydia Trueblood, and all those other young, beautiful, but evil poison murderers was added that of Lynne Cameron.

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Det.ective Lt. Harold Y. Cole: If we don't come up with new evidence, we're dead!

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Dist. Atty. John J. Henderson: It all adds up, Mrs. Cameron. You were the only one with the motive and the opportunity of getting the poison to the child.

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