Strange Bargain

Strange Bargain (1949)

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

  • Genre: Mystery, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1949-11-05
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 13 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 8min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: RKO Radio Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Will Price
star 5.7/10
From 13 Ratings

Summary

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

    as Georgia Wilson

  • Jeffrey Lynn

    as Sam Wilson

  • Harry Morgan

    as Richard Webb

  • Katherine Emery

    as Edna Jarvis

  • Richard Gaines

    as Malcolm Jarvis

  • Henry O'Neill

    as Timothy Hearne

  • Walter Sande

    as Sergeant Cord

  • Michael Chapin

    as Roddy Wilson

  • Arlene Gray

    as Hilda Wilson

  • Raymond Roe

    as Sydney Jarvis

  • Robert Bray

    as Detective McTay

  • Dan Foster

    as Tip (uncredited)

  • Joel Friedkin

    as Canon (uncredited)

  • John Hamilton

    as Employee at Meeting (uncredited)

  • James Nolan

    as Policeman (uncredited)

  • Theodore Rand

    as Cocktail Waiter (uncredited)

  • Betty Underwood

    as Miss Vantay (uncredited)

  • Nancy Valentine

    as Lucille Gosler (uncredited)

  • Charles Flynn

    as Officer Hogan (uncredited)
Directing Will Price Director
Editing Frederic Knudtson Editor
Camera Harry J. Wild Director of Photography
Sound Friedrich Hollaender Original Music Composer
Production Sid Rogell Producer
Writing J.H. Wallis Story
Writing Lillie Hayward Screenplay
Art James Altwies Set Decoration
Art Darrell Silvera Set Decoration
Sound Francis M. Sarver Sound
Art Carroll Clark Art Direction
Sound C. Bakaleinikoff Music Director
Sound Terry Kellum Sound
Art Albert S. D'Agostino Art Direction
Directing Mercy Weireter Script Supervisor
Camera Jim Kirley Grip
Camera Charles Straumer Camera Operator
Lighting James Almond Gaffer
Costume & Make-Up Josef Norin Makeup Artist
Camera Gaston Longet Still Photographer
Production Harold Lewis Production Manager
Directing Sam Ruman Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up Fae M. Smith Hairstylist

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