Strange Bargain

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

Nov 5 1949 Approved 1h 8m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

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.

Plot

Sam Wilson is having a hard time making ends meet. When he asks his boss for a raise, he finds out that the company is closing down and he'll be out of a job. His boss decides to commit suicide so that his family can benefit from his insurance. He asks Sam to help make it look like murder. Sam thinks he has convinced the boss not to commit suicide. But the boss does it anyway, so Sam follows the instructions the boss had given him, to make it look like murder.

Written by

Lillie Hayward, J.H. Wallis

Directed by

Will Price

Cast

Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
942
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA