A Blueprint for Murder - Old Time Radio Suspense

About this episode

This episode features a suspenseful radio drama about deceit and deadly intentions, adapted from a film.

This week on The Shiver Show, we bring you deceit and deadly intentions with “A Blueprint for Murder” from Lux Radio Theatre (1954), adapted just one year after the successful 1953 film, directed by Andrew L. Stone, and starring Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters. This golden era radio episode features Dan Dailey as Cam, and Dorothy McGuire as Lynn, the dreaded stepmother with secrets to spare. McGuire is terrific here, proving she can go dark, despite Hollywood often casting her as the “nice...

Topics covered

• suspense
• radio drama
• murder
• deceit
• adaptation

Keywords

• suspense
• radio theatre
• murder
• deceit
• 1950s drama

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lux Radio Theatre, Hollywood

Books & works: A Blueprint for Murder

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