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Strange Bargain

""$10,000 If You Make My Suicide Look Like MURDER!""

1949
1h 8m
5.7(13 votes)
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.

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RKO Radio Pictures

Cast & Crew

19 members
Acting

Martha Scott

Georgia Wilson

Martha Scott
Acting

Jeffrey Lynn

Sam Wilson

Jeffrey Lynn
Acting

Harry Morgan

Richard Webb

Harry Morgan
Acting

Katherine Emery

Edna Jarvis

Katherine Emery
Acting

Richard Gaines

Malcolm Jarvis

Richard Gaines
Acting

Henry O'Neill

Timothy Hearne

Henry O'Neill
Acting

Walter Sande

Sergeant Cord

Walter Sande
Acting

Michael Chapin

Roddy Wilson

Michael Chapin
Acting

Arlene Gray

Hilda Wilson

Arlene Gray
Acting

Raymond Roe

Sydney Jarvis

Raymond Roe
Acting

Robert Bray

Detective McTay

Robert Bray
Acting

Dan Foster

Tip (uncredited)

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Acting

Joel Friedkin

Canon (uncredited)

Joel Friedkin
Acting

John Hamilton

Employee at Meeting (uncredited)

John Hamilton
Acting

James Nolan

Policeman (uncredited)

James Nolan
Acting

Theodore Rand

Cocktail Waiter (uncredited)

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Acting

Betty Underwood

Miss Vantay (uncredited)

Betty Underwood
Acting

Nancy Valentine

Lucille Gosler (uncredited)

Nancy Valentine
Acting

Charles Flynn

Officer Hogan (uncredited)

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