A Blueprint for Murder

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.

Cast

Joseph Cotten

as Whitney 'Cam' Cameron

Jean Peters

as Lynn Cameron

Gary Merrill

as Fred Sargent

Catherine McLeod

as Maggie Sargent

Jack Kruschen

as Detective Lieutenant Harold Y. Cole

Barney Phillips

as Detective Captain Pringle

Freddy Ridgeway

as Doug Cameron

Harry Carter

as Wheeler (Uncredited)

James Gonzalez

as Joe Cunningham (Uncredited)

Ed Hinton

as Ed (Uncredited)

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