Strange Bargain (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 BargainMystery, Thriller
Cast
- Martha Scott — Georgia Wilson
- Jeffrey Lynn — Sam Wilson
- Harry Morgan — Richard Webb
- Katherine Emery — Edna Jarvis
- Richard Gaines — Malcolm Jarvis
- Henry O'Neill — Timothy Hearne
- Walter Sande — Sergeant Cord
- Michael Chapin — Roddy Wilson
- Arlene Gray — Hilda Wilson
- Raymond Roe — Sydney Jarvis
- Robert Bray — Detective McTay
- Dan Foster — Tip (uncredited)
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