Strange Bargain
6.7
“"$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.
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Martha Scott
Georgia Wilson
Known for
Ben-Hur
The Ten Commandments
Jeffrey Lynn
Sam Wilson
Known for
The Roaring Twenties
A Letter to Three Wives
Harry Morgan
Richard Webb
Known for
M*A*S*H
High Noon
Katherine Emery
Edna Jarvis
Known for
Isle of the Dead
Richard Gaines
Malcolm Jarvis
Known for
Double Indemnity
The More the Merrier
Henry O'Neill
Timothy Hearne
Known for
The Reckless Moment
Jezebel
Walter Sande
Sergeant Cord
Known for
To Have and Have Not
Bad Day at Black Rock
Michael Chapin
Roddy Wilson
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
Arlene Gray
Hilda Wilson
Also in
The Millerson Case
Raymond Roe
Sydney Jarvis
Known for
The Major and the Minor
Robert Bray
Detective McTay
Known for
Lassie
Bus Stop
Dan Foster
Tip (uncredited)
Known for
Scaramouche
Will Price Director · Lillie Hayward Screenplay J.H. Wallis Story
United States release November 5, 1949 · Produced in United States · Production RKO
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RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United States · November 5, 1949
Theatrical
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