Murder by Proxy

For the 2010 film, see Murder by Proxy (2010 film).

Murder by Proxy
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Terence Fisher
Produced by	Michael Carreras
Starring	Dane Clark
Music by	Ivor Slaney
Cinematography	Walter J. Harvey
Edited by	Maurice Rootes
Production company	Hammer Film Productions
Distributed by	Lippert Pictures (USA) Exclusive Films (UK)
Release dates	19 March 1954 (1954-03-19)
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Murder by Proxy, released in the United States as Blackout, is a 1954 British crime drama film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Dane Clark and Belinda Lee.^[1] The screenplay concerns a man who is offered money to marry a woman.

Plot summary

Drunk and down-and-out Casey Morrow (Clark) in London is approached by a young and beautiful heiress, Phyllis Brunner (Lee,) with an offer of lots of money if he will marry her. He accepts, but then wakes up the next morning in some other woman's apartment with blood on his coat from the murder of Brunner's father. Now he must unravel the mystery to clear his name, which leads him into a twisted labyrinth of encounters with various suspicious characters who seem to make his situation worse the more he learns.

Cast

Dane Clark as Casey Morrow
Belinda Lee as Phyllis Brunner
Betty Ann Davies as Mrs. Alicia Brunner
Eleanor Summerfield as Maggie Doone
Andrew Osborn as Lance Gordon
Harold Lang as Travis / Victor Vanno
Jill Melford as Miss Nardis
Alvys Maben as Lita Huntley (as Alvis Maben)
Michael Golden as Inspector Johnson
Nora Gordon as Casey's Mother
Alfie Bass as Ernie

References

↑ http://allmovie.com/work/blackout-5981

External links

Murder by Proxy at the Internet Movie Database
Blackout at the TCM Movie Database

Films directed by Terence Fisher

A Song for Tomorrow (1948)
Colonel Bogey (1948)
Portrait from Life (1948)
Marry Me! (1949)
The Astonished Heart (1950)
So Long at the Fair (1950)
Home to Danger (1951)
The Last Page (1952)
Wings of Danger (1952)
Stolen Face (1952)
Distant Trumpet (1952)
Mantrap (1953)
Four Sided Triangle (1953)
Spaceways (1953)
Blood Orange (1953)
Face the Music (1954)
Murder by Proxy (1954)
A Stranger Came Home (1954)
Final Appointment (1954)
Mask of Dust (1954)
Children Galore (1955)
Stolen Assignment (1955)
The Flaw (1955)
The Gelignite Gang (1956)
The Last Man to Hang? (1956)
Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Dracula (1958)
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
The Mummy (1959)
The Stranglers of Bombay (1960)
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
The Horror of It All (1963)
The Gorgon (1964)
The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
Island of Terror (1966)
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
Night of the Big Heat (1967)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Hammer Film Productions films

by series

Dracula films	Dracula (1958) The Brides of Dracula (1960) Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) Scars of Dracula (1970) Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

Frankenstein films	The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Mummy films	The Mummy (1959) The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) The Mummy's Shroud (1967) Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)

The Karnstein Trilogy	The Vampire Lovers (1970) Lust for a Vampire (1971) Twins of Evil (1971)

Dick Barton films	Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948) Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949) Dick Barton at Bay (1950)

Quatermass films	The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) Quatermass 2 (1957) Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

Robin Hood films	The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)

On the Buses films	On the Buses (1971) Mutiny on the Buses (1972) Holiday on the Buses (1973)

The Woman in Black films	The Woman in Black (2012) The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014)

See also	Hammer filmography

by genre

Gothic horror films	The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) The Shadow of the Cat (1961) The Phantom of the Opera (1962) The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) The Gorgon (1964) Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966) The Plague of the Zombies (1966) The Reptile (1966) The Witches (1966) The Devil Rides Out (1968) Hands of the Ripper (1971) Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) Countess Dracula (1971) Vampire Circus (1972) Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974) To the Devil a Daughter (1976)

Horror films	The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935) Demons of the Mind (1972) Beyond the Rave (2008) Let Me In (2010) Wake Wood (2011) The Quiet Ones (2014)

Thriller films	The Man in Black (1949) The Black Widow (1951) The Snorkel (1958) Hell Is a City (1960) The Full Treatment (1960) Taste of Fear (1961) Cash on Demand (1961) The Maniac (1963) Paranoiac (1963) Nightmare (1964) Fanatic (1965) Hysteria (1965) The Nanny (1965) Crescendo (1970) Straight On till Morning (1972) Fear in the Night (1972)

Science fiction films	Four Sided Triangle (1953) Spaceways (1953) X the Unknown (1956) The Abominable Snowman (1957) The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) The Damned (1963) The Lost Continent (1968) Moon Zero Two (1969)

Mystery films	Death in High Heels (1947) Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress (1949) The Rossiter Case (1951) Whispering Smith Hits London (1952) Lady in the Fog (1952) Mantrap (1953) The Saint's Return (1953) Blood Orange (1953) The Glass Cage (1955) The Lady Vanishes (1979)

Crime drama films	Cloudburst (1951) The Last Page (1952) Wings of Danger (1952) Stolen Face (1952) The Gambler and the Lady (1953) The Flanagan Boy (1953) 36 Hours (1953) Face the Music (1954) The House Across the Lake (1954) Murder by Proxy (1954) Five Days (1954) A Stranger Came Home (1954) Third Party Risk (1954) Women Without Men (1956)

Drama films	Song of Freedom (1936) Never Look Back (1952) Mask of Dust (1954) Break in the Circle (1955) Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) Captain Clegg (1962) Man at the Top (1973) The Resident (2011)

Action films	Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) The Stranglers of Bombay (1959) The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) Shatter (1974)

Adventure films	The Jack of Diamonds (1949) Passport to China (1961) The Terror of the Tongs (1961) The Pirates of Blood River (1962) The Scarlet Blade (1963) The Brigand of Kandahar (1965) She (1965) One Million Years B.C. (1966) Prehistoric Women (1967) The Viking Queen (1967) The Vengeance of She (1968) When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) Creatures the World Forgot (1971)

Comedy films	The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (1935) Sporting Love (1936) The Lady Craved Excitement (1950) Someone at the Door (1950) What the Butler Saw (1950) Life with the Lyons (1954) The Lyons in Paris (1955) Up the Creek (1958) I Only Arsked! (1958) Further Up the Creek (1958) Don't Panic Chaps! (1959) The Ugly Duckling (1959) Watch it, Sailor! (1961) A Weekend with Lulu (1961) The Old Dark House (1963) The Anniversary (1968) That's Your Funeral (1972) Love Thy Neighbour (1973)

War films	The Steel Bayonet (1957) The Camp on Blood Island (1958) Yesterday's Enemy (1959) The Secret of Blood Island (1964)

See also	Hammer filmography

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