Strange Bargain (1949)
1h 8m
Running Time
November 5, 1949Release Date
Strange Bargain (1949)
1h 8m
Running Time
November 5, 1949Release Date
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
Lt. Richard Webb
Katherine Emery
Edna Jarvis
Richard Gaines
Malcolm Jarvis
Henry O'Neill
Timothy Hearne
Will Price
Director
Lillie Hayward
Writer
Walter Sande
Sergeant Cord
J.H. Wallis
Writer
Michael Chapin
Roddy Wilson
Sid Rogell
Producer
Arlene Gray
Hilda Wilson
Friedrich Hollaender
Composer
Raymond Roe
Sydney Jarvis
Harry J. Wild
Cinematographer
Robert Bray
Detective McTay
Charles Flynn
Officer Hogan (uncredited)
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)
James Almond
Gaffer
Carroll Clark
Art Direction
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
Darrell Silvera
Set Decoration
Francis M. Sarver
Sound
Frederic Knudtson
Editor
Terry Kellum
Sound
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 5, 1949
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 8m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
Strange Bargain is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by Will Price and starring Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn and Harry Morgan.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 an elaborate suicide plan.