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    Strange Bargain

    68'

    1949-11-05

    5.8

    "$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.

    WritingJ.H. WallisDirectingWill Price

    Cast

    2

    Georgia Wilson

    Martha Scott

    1

    Sam Wilson

    Jeffrey Lynn

    2

    Richard Webb

    Harry Morgan

    1

    Edna Jarvis

    Katherine Emery

    1

    Malcolm Jarvis

    Richard Gaines

    1

    Timothy Hearne

    Henry O'Neill

    1

    Sergeant Cord

    Walter Sande

    1

    Roddy Wilson

    Michael Chapin

    1

    Hilda Wilson

    Arlene Gray

    1

    Sydney Jarvis

    Raymond Roe

    1

    Detective McTay

    Robert Bray

    1

    Tip (uncredited)

    Dan Foster

    1

    Canon (uncredited)

    Joel Friedkin

    1

    Employee at Meeting (uncredited)

    John Hamilton

    1

    Policeman (uncredited)

    James Nolan

    1

    Cocktail Waiter (uncredited)

    Theodore Rand

    1

    Miss Vantay (uncredited)

    Betty Underwood

    1

    Lucille Gosler (uncredited)

    Nancy Valentine

    1

    Officer Hogan (uncredited)

    Charles Flynn

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. RKO Radio Pictures
    • Vote Count: 14
    • Popularity: 0.6943
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Strange Bargain

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