Strange Bargain

Strange Bargain

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

1949 en 68 minutes

Rating: 5.7

Plot

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.

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Cast

Martha Scott

Martha Scott

Georgia Wilson

Jeffrey Lynn

Jeffrey Lynn

Sam Wilson

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Richard Webb

Katherine Emery

Katherine Emery

Edna Jarvis

Richard Gaines

Richard Gaines

Malcolm Jarvis

Henry O'Neill

Henry O'Neill

Timothy Hearne

Walter Sande

Walter Sande

Sergeant Cord

Michael Chapin

Michael Chapin

Roddy Wilson

Arlene Gray

Arlene Gray

Hilda Wilson

Raymond Roe

Raymond Roe

Sydney Jarvis

Robert Bray

Robert Bray

Detective McTay

Dan Foster

Dan Foster

Tip (uncredited)

Joel Friedkin

Joel Friedkin

Canon (uncredited)

John Hamilton

John Hamilton

Employee at Meeting (uncredited)

James Nolan

James Nolan

Policeman (uncredited)

Theodore Rand

Theodore Rand

Cocktail Waiter (uncredited)

Betty Underwood

Betty Underwood

Miss Vantay (uncredited)

Nancy Valentine

Nancy Valentine

Lucille Gosler (uncredited)

Charles Flynn

Charles Flynn

Officer Hogan (uncredited)

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