Strange Bargain
“"$10,000 If You Make My Suicide Look Like MURDER!"”
1949•NR•1h 8m•5.8•Released
MysteryThriller
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.
Director
Will Price
Writer
Lillie Hayward
Languages
English
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
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)
Joel Friedkin
Canon (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
James Nolan
Policeman (uncredited)
Production
Company
RKO Radio Pictures
Producer
Sid Rogell
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