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''A Blueprint for Murder'' is a 1953 American FilmNoir thriller film directed and written by Andrew L. Stone and starring Creator/JosephCotten, Creator/JeanPeters, and Gary Merrill.
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''A Blueprint for Murder'' is a 1953 American FilmNoir thriller {{thriller}} film directed and written by Andrew L. Stone and starring Creator/JosephCotten, Creator/JeanPeters, and Gary Merrill.
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''A Blueprint for Murder'' is a 1953 American film noir FilmNoir thriller film directed and written by Andrew L. Stone and starring Creator/JosephCotten, Creator/JeanPeters, and Gary Merrill.
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* WickedStepmother: Lynne murdered her husband and then plans to murder her two stepchildren because the will states that she receives the entire estate if the children die before they reach their majority.
* WouldHurtAChild: Lynne has no compunctions about poisoning her twostepchildren.stepchildren.
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* GainingTheWillToKill: Having exhausted his legal options, Cam decides that the only way he can save his nephew Doug from his stepmother Lynne is to poison her. He balks at his first attempts and throws the poison overboard. However, on finding what he believes to be a poison tablet in her luggage, his will strengthens and he [[SlippingAMickey drops it into her cocktail]].
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* SlippingAMickey: Cam surreptitiously drops the tablet he believes to be strychnine into Lynne's Bacardi cocktail.
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* RomancingTheWidow: Cam starts to fall for his brother's widow Lynne. He is initially romancing her because he is attracted to her, but continues to do so because he becomes convinced that she is a BlackWidow and wants to prove it.
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* MedicationTampering: Lynne tampers with Polly's calcium pills to ensure that she receives a second fatal dose of strychnine while she is in the hospital.
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* BlackWidow: Lynne fatally poisons her husband and stepdaughter, and attempts to poison her stepson in order to inherit her husband's entire estate.
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* WickedCultured: The BlackWidow Lynne is described as "young, beautiful, intelligent and cultured" and plays classical piano like a virtuoso.
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''A Blueprint for Murder'' is a 1953 American film noir thriller film directed and written by Andrew L. Stone and starring Creator/JosephCotten, Creator/JeanPeters, and Gary Merrill.
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 "Cam" 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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* WouldHarmAChild: Lynne has no compunctions about poisoning her two stepchildren.
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 "Cam" 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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* WouldHarmAChild: Lynne has no compunctions about poisoning her two stepchildren.
