Strange Bargain

Nov 5, 1949

1h 8m

★ 5.7

"$10,000 If You Make My Suicide Look Like MURDER!"

Overview

Bookkeeper Sam Wilson learns from his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, that he is losing his job because the company is closing down. Jarvis then makes a strange proposition, saying he intends to commit suicide but wants Sam to make it look like a murder, in order for his wife and son to inherit Jarvis's life insurance. Sam declines, but when he goes to see Jarvis and finds his dead body, he reluctantly goes along with the scheme.

Genres

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Strange Bargain Trailers

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Cast

Georgia Wilson

Martha Scott

Sam Wilson

Jeffrey Lynn

Richard Webb

Harry Morgan

Edna Jarvis

Katherine Emery

Malcolm Jarvis

Richard Gaines

Timothy Hearne

Henry O'Neill

Sergeant Cord

Walter Sande

Roddy Wilson

Michael Chapin

Hilda Wilson

Arlene Gray

Sydney Jarvis

Raymond Roe

Detective McTay

Robert Bray

Tip (uncredited)

Dan Foster

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