Strange Bargain (1949)
1h 8m
Running Time
November 5, 1949Release Date
Strange Bargain (1949)
1h 8m
Running Time
November 5, 1949Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

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)

Will Price
Director

Frederic Knudtson
Editor

Harry J. Wild
Director of Photography

Friedrich Hollaender
Original Music Composer

Sid Rogell
Producer

J.H. Wallis
Story

Lillie Hayward
Screenplay

James Altwies
Set Decoration

Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration

Francis M. Sarver
Sound

Carroll Clark
Art Direction

C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director

Terry Kellum
Sound
Media.



Details.
Release DateNovember 5, 1949
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 8m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
framed
noir
framed for murder
Wiki.
Strange Bargain is a 1949 American crime mystery starring Martha Scott and Jeffrey Lynn. It is directed by Will Price. Harry Morgan appears in support.
It is the story of a bookkeeper in need of money who agrees against his own better judgment to help a wealthy man carry out a duplicitous suicide plan.
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