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1949

Strange Bargain

Directed by Will Price
"$10,000 If You Make My Suicide Look Like MURDER!"

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.

Duration

1h 8m

Released

November 5, 1949

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5.7

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Cast19

  • Martha Scott
  • Jeffrey Lynn
  • Harry Morgan
  • Katherine Emery
  • Richard Gaines
  • Henry O'Neill
  • Walter Sande
  • Michael Chapin
  • Arlene Gray

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