Strange Bargain

Strange Bargain

Release Date: 1949-11-05

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.

Rating: 5.7 / 10

Cast

Martha Scott

Martha Scott

as Georgia Wilson

Jeffrey Lynn

Jeffrey Lynn

as Sam Wilson

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

as Richard Webb

Katherine Emery

Katherine Emery

as Edna Jarvis

Richard Gaines

Richard Gaines

as Malcolm Jarvis

Crew

  • Will Price - Director

  • J.H. Wallis - Story

  • Sid Rogell - Producer

  • Friedrich Hollaender - Original Music Composer

  • Harry J. Wild - Director of Photography

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