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Strange Bargain

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

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Strange Bargain — 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.

  • Release date
  • November 5, 1949
  • Runtime
  • 68 min
  • Genres
  • Mystery, Thriller
  • Director
  • Will Price

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Strange Bargain — Cast

Martha Scott photo Martha Scott Georgia Wilson Jeffrey Lynn photo Jeffrey Lynn Sam Wilson Harry Morgan photo Harry Morgan Richard Webb Katherine Emery photo Katherine Emery Edna Jarvis Richard Gaines photo Richard Gaines Malcolm Jarvis Henry O'Neill photo Henry O'Neill Timothy Hearne Walter Sande photo Walter Sande Sergeant Cord Michael Chapin photo Michael Chapin Roddy Wilson

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