Strange Bargain

1949

NR

1h 8m

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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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Writers

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

Directors

Writers

J.H. Wallis(story by)
Lillie Hayward(screenplay by)

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Release date

November 5, 1949 (United States)

Country of origin

United States of America

Language

English

Production company

RKO Radio Pictures

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