Strange Bargain (1949)

ALL 11/05/1949 (en) Mystery, Thriller 68 Min
  • Release
    11/05/1949
  • Production
    RKO Radio Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    55%
  • Original title
    Strange Bargain
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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

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.

  1. Will Price

    Director

  2. J.H. Wallis

    Story

  3. Sid Rogell

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Martha Scott

    Georgia Wilson

  2. Jeffrey Lynn

    Sam Wilson

  3. Harry Morgan

    Richard Webb

  4. Katherine Emery

    Edna Jarvis

  5. Richard Gaines

    Malcolm Jarvis

  6. Henry O'Neill

    Timothy Hearne

  7. Walter Sande

    Sergeant Cord

  8. Michael Chapin

    Roddy Wilson

  9. Arlene Gray

    Hilda Wilson

  10. Raymond Roe

    Sydney Jarvis

  11. Robert Bray

    Detective McTay

  12. Dan Foster

    Tip (uncredited)

  13. Joel Friedkin

    Canon (uncredited)

  14. John Hamilton

    Employee at Meeting (uncredited)

  15. James Nolan

    Policeman (uncredited)

  16. Theodore Rand

    Cocktail Waiter (uncredited)

  17. Betty Underwood

    Miss Vantay (uncredited)

  18. Nancy Valentine

    Lucille Gosler (uncredited)

  19. Charles Flynn

    Officer Hogan (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 19 , Crews : 23

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Strange Bargain (1949) 68 Min

ALL 11/05/1949 (en)
Mystery, Thriller
  • Release 11/05/1949
  • Production
    RKO Radio Pictures
  • Original title Strange Bargain
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

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.

  1. Will Price

    Director

  2. J.H. Wallis

    Story

  3. Frederic Knudtson

    Editor

  4. Sid Rogell

    Producer