Strange Bargain
Strange Bargain
Release: 1949-11-05
·Runtime: 68m
·★ 5.7
Mystery
Thriller
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Betty Underwood
as Miss Vantay (uncredited)
Jeffrey Lynn
as Sam Wilson
Richard Gaines
as Malcolm Jarvis
Henry O'Neill
as Timothy Hearne
Walter Sande
as Sergeant Cord
Michael Chapin
as Roddy Wilson
Joel Friedkin
as Canon (uncredited)
James Nolan
as Policeman (uncredited)
Harry Morgan
as Richard Webb
Katherine Emery
as Edna Jarvis
Arlene Gray
as Hilda Wilson
Robert Bray
as Detective McTay
Nancy Valentine
as Lucille Gosler (uncredited)
John Hamilton
as Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
Martha Scott
as Georgia Wilson
Raymond Roe
as Sydney Jarvis
