
Strange Bargain
"$10,000 If You Make My Suicide Look Like MURDER!"
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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Strange Bargain
Rating
5.7/10
Release Date
1949-11-05
Runtime
68 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

Martha Scott
Georgia Wilson

Jeffrey Lynn
Sam Wilson

Harry Morgan
Richard Webb

Katherine Emery
Edna Jarvis

Richard Gaines
Malcolm Jarvis

Henry O'Neill
Timothy Hearne

Walter Sande
Sergeant Cord

Michael Chapin
Roddy Wilson

Arlene Gray
Hilda Wilson

Raymond Roe
Sydney Jarvis

Robert Bray
Detective McTay

Dan Foster
Tip (uncredited)
Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures