Strange Bargain
05/11/1949
1h 8m



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.
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)


Joel Friedkin
Canon (uncredited)


John Hamilton
Employee at Meeting (uncredited)


James Nolan
Policeman (uncredited)
Theodore Rand
Cocktail Waiter (uncredited)


Betty Underwood
Miss Vantay (uncredited)


Nancy Valentine
Lucille Gosler (uncredited)
Charles Flynn
Officer Hogan (uncredited)
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