- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Release: 1953-09-01
- Director: Andrew L. Stone
- Writers: Andrew L. Stone
- Language: English
- Stars: Joseph Cotten , Jean Peters , Gary Merrill , Catherine McLeod , Jack Kruschen (1922–2002) , Barney Phillips , Freddy Ridgeway , Eugene Beaudino , Herb Butterfield , Harry Carter
- Runtime: 77 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: A Blueprint for Murder , Plan asesino (Spain) , A Blueprint for Murder (United Kingdom) , Crime Premeditado (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Mord efter ritning (Sweden) , Voorbedachte moord (Belgium) , Σατανάς με αγγελική μορφή (Greece) , Suunniteltu murha (Finland) , Satanas me angeliki morfi (Greece) , Проект убийства , Τα χείλη μου στάζουν αίμα (Greece) , A Blueprint for Murder (United States of America) , Un plan de omor (Romania) , A Blueprint for Murder (Canada) , Recept za ubistvo , Um Plano Sinistro (Brazil) , Assassinio premeditato (Italy) , Meurtre prémédité (Belgium) , Asesinato a la orden (Mexico) , Hvem myrdet? (Norway)
- 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?
- IMDB:tt0045566
A Blueprint for Murder Cast · · · ALL
Andrew L. Stone
Director
Joseph Cotten
Whitney 'Cam' Cameron
Jean Peters
Lynn Cameron
Gary Merrill
Fred Sargent
Catherine McLeod
Maggie Sargent
Jack Kruschen
(1922–2002)
Detective Lieutenant Harold Y. Cole
Barney Phillips
Detective Captain Pringle
Freddy Ridgeway
Doug Cameron
Harry Carter
Wheeler (Uncredited)
James Gonzalez
Joe Cunningham (Uncredited)
Ed Hinton
Ed (Uncredited)
Jonathan Hole
Dr. Stevenson (Uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Anna Swenson (Uncredited)
Carleton Young
Frank Connelly (Uncredited)
Joyce McCluskey
Nurse Bobbie Brownell (Uncredited)
Grandon Rhodes
(1904–1987)
Probate Judge James J. Adams (Uncredited)
Walter Sande
District Attorney John J. Henderson (Uncredited)
Charles Collins
Pesticide Seller (Uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Club Member (Uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Maggie's Friend at Club (Uncredited)
Teddy Mangean
Attendant (Uncredited)
Tyler McVey
Police Lab Technician (Uncredited)
George Melford
Bailiff (Uncredited)
Harold Miller
Lynn's Lawyer (Uncredited)
Hans Moebus
(1902–1976)
Lawyer (Uncredited)
Eugene Borden
Headwaiter (Uncredited)