Blackout
Murder by Proxy
United Kingdom • 1954
Director
Synopsis
Future Hammer-horror legend Terence Fisher helms this twisty British whodunit (also known as MURDER BY PROXY), in which Casey Morrow (Dane Clark)—an American in London with no visible means of support—stumbles into what seems like the deal of a lifetime during a drunken night out when gorgeous heiress Phyllis Brunner (Belinda Lee) offers him a fortune just to marry her. But when he wakes up the next morning in another woman’s apartment with blood on his coat and Phyllis’s father murdered, he finds himself ensnared in an elaborate mystery, which he must untangle through the fog of history’s worst hangover.
Synopsis
Future Hammer-horror legend Terence Fisher helms this twisty British whodunit (also known as MURDER BY PROXY), in which Casey Morrow (Dane Clark)—an American in London with no visible means of support—stumbles into what seems like the deal of a lifetime during a drunken night out when gorgeous heiress Phyllis Brunner (Belinda Lee) offers him a fortune just to marry her. But when he wakes up the next morning in another woman’s apartment with blood on his coat and Phyllis’s father murdered, he finds himself ensnared in an elaborate mystery, which he must untangle through the fog of history’s worst hangover.
Credits
Crew
DirectorTerence Fisher
WriterRichard H. Landau
CinematographerWalter J. Harvey
EditorMaurice Rootes
ProducerMichael Carreras
Cast
Dane Clarkas Casey Morrow
Belinda Leeas Phyllis Brunner
Betty Ann Daviesas Mrs. Alicia Brunner
Eleanor Summerfieldas Margaret 'Maggie' Doone
Andrew Osbornas Lance Gordon