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A Blueprint for Murder (1953)  link to A Blueprint for Murder on IMDb  

Number: 2215

poster A Blueprint for Murder

IMDb Rating:
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6.8/10 (925 votes)

Country: USA, 77 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir

Director(s): Andrew L. Stone

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
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?

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Cast:

photo Joseph Cotten Joseph Cotten Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
photo Jean Peters Jean Peters Lynn Cameron
photo Gary Merrill Gary Merrill Fred Sargent
photo Catherine McLeod Catherine McLeod Maggie Sargent
photo Jack Kruschen Jack Kruschen Detective Lt. Harold Y. Cole

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3