A Blueprint for Murder

Jul 24, 1953

1h 17m

★ 6.1

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

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.

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

A Blueprint for Murder Trailers

Cast

Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

Joseph Cotten

Lynn Cameron

Jean Peters

Fred Sargent

Gary Merrill

Maggie Sargent

Catherine McLeod

Detective Lieutenant Harold Y. Cole

Jack Kruschen

Detective Captain Pringle

Barney Phillips

Doug Cameron

Freddy Ridgeway

Wheeler (Uncredited)

Harry Carter

Joe Cunningham (Uncredited)

James Gonzalez

Ed (Uncredited)

Ed Hinton

Dr. Stevenson (Uncredited)

Jonathan Hole

Anna Swenson (Uncredited)

Mae Marsh

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6.5

Cover Up

Feb 25, 1949

Insurance investigator Sam Donovan is looking into the apparent suicide of a man in a small Midwestern town. All clues leads him into suspecting murder. Unfortunately, no one wants to assist him with the case, including Sheriff Larry Best.

6.3

Witness to Murder

Apr 15, 1954

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.

5.9

Nocturne

Oct 29, 1946

In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.

0.0

Rivalen am Abgrund

Nov 18, 1996

Philipp Gabert and his best friend, Dr. Nicolas Amberg, are hiking in the mountains. Suddenly, Philipp suffers a strange attack of weakness and loses consciousness. Nicolas is only just able to prevent his fall. But the friendship between the two men is burdened by a problem: Nicolas is secretly in love with Philipp's wife Julia - and feels like a traitor. When the men set off on another mountain tour, only one of them returns. Was it an accident or murder?

6.3

The Locket

Dec 20, 1946

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

5.4

Appointment with a Shadow

Sep 1, 1957

George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.

6.2

The Clouded Yellow

Nov 21, 1950

After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers finds work catalouging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux. Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together.

5.9

5 Against the House

Jun 10, 1955

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

6.3

City of Fear

Feb 1, 1959

An escaped convict gets a hold of some radioactive material after his escape. Authorities desperately try to find the man that unknowingly is threating the lives of everyone in the city.

7.1

The Breaking Point

Oct 6, 1950

A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.

7.0

Phantom Lady

Jan 28, 1944

A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.

4.8

The Human Jungle

Oct 3, 1954

Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.

6.2

The Glass Web

Nov 11, 1953

A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As the husband tries to cover his tracks, the lover sabotages him and suggests turning the case into a TV show episode.

5.7

I, the Jury

Aug 14, 1953

After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a limb to save his own life during combat. Along the way, Hammer rides a fine line between gumshoe and a one-man jury, staying two-steps ahead of the law—and trying not to get bumped off in the process.

5.8

The Long Wait

May 26, 1954

Soon after thumbing a ride from a truck driver, Johnny McBride is badly burned and suffers from complete amnesia when the vehicle he’s riding in blows a tire and goes over an embankment in a fiery blaze. McBride later receives a tip from an acquaintance that a photo of him was placed prominently in the window of a photography studio in a town called Lyncastle, so Johnny immediately leaves for the burg in the hopes that something there will jog his memory.