Strange Bargain

Strange Bargain

68 mins | Thriller, Mystery | Nov. 5, 1949

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.

Strange Bargain

68 mins | Thriller, Mystery | Nov. 5, 1949

Strange Bargain
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title Strange Bargain
Directors Mercy Weireter, Sam Ruman, Will Price
Writers J.H. Wallis, Lillie Hayward

Cast

Martha Scott

as Georgia Wilson

Jeffrey Lynn

as Sam Wilson

Harry Morgan

as Richard Webb

Katherine Emery

as Edna Jarvis

Richard Gaines

as Malcolm Jarvis

Henry O'Neill

as Timothy Hearne

Walter Sande

as Sergeant Cord

Michael Chapin

as Roddy Wilson

Arlene Gray

as Hilda Wilson

Raymond Roe

as Sydney Jarvis

Robert Bray

as Detective McTay

Charles Flynn

as Officer Hogan (uncredited)

Dan Foster

as Tip (uncredited)

Joel Friedkin

as Canon (uncredited)

John Hamilton

as Employee at Meeting (uncredited)

James Nolan

as Policeman (uncredited)

Theodore Rand

as Cocktail Waiter (uncredited)

Betty Underwood

as Miss Vantay (uncredited)

Nancy Valentine

as Lucille Gosler (uncredited)