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Strange Bargain

Strange Bargain

# "$10,000 If You Make My Suicide Look Like MURDER!"
Mystery   Thriller
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1949-11-05
⌚ Running Time: 68 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.5

Beloved Cast

Martha Scott original image
Georgia Wilson
Martha Scott
Jeffrey Lynn original image
Sam Wilson
Jeffrey Lynn
Harry Morgan original image
Richard Webb
Harry Morgan
Katherine Emery original image
Edna Jarvis
Katherine Emery
Richard Gaines original image
Malcolm Jarvis
Richard Gaines
Henry O'Neill original image
Timothy Hearne
Henry O'Neill
Walter Sande original image
Sergeant Cord
Walter Sande
Michael Chapin original image
Roddy Wilson
Michael Chapin
Arlene Gray original image
Hilda Wilson
Arlene Gray
Raymond Roe original image
Sydney Jarvis
Raymond Roe
Robert Bray original image
Detective McTay
Robert Bray
Dan Foster original image
Tip (uncredited)
Dan Foster
Joel Friedkin original image
Canon (uncredited)
Joel Friedkin
John Hamilton original image
Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
John Hamilton
James Nolan original image
Policeman (uncredited)
James Nolan
Theodore Rand original image
Cocktail Waiter (uncredited)
Theodore Rand
Betty Underwood original image
Miss Vantay (uncredited)
Betty Underwood
Nancy Valentine original image
Lucille Gosler (uncredited)
Nancy Valentine
Charles Flynn original image
Officer Hogan (uncredited)
Charles Flynn

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