Strange Bargain

Will Price
1949-11-05

"$10,000 If You Make My Suicide Look Like MURDER!"
5.5
68 min

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

Name Character Team
Martha Scott Georgia Wilson Unowned
Jeffrey Lynn Sam Wilson Unowned
Harry Morgan Richard Webb Unowned
Katherine Emery Edna Jarvis Unowned
Richard Gaines Malcolm Jarvis Unowned
Henry O'Neill Timothy Hearne Unowned
Walter Sande Sergeant Cord Unowned
Michael Chapin Roddy Wilson Unowned
Arlene Gray Hilda Wilson Unowned
Raymond Roe Sydney Jarvis Unowned
Robert Bray Detective McTay Unowned
Dan Foster Tip (uncredited) Unowned
Joel Friedkin Canon (uncredited) Unowned
John Hamilton Employee at Meeting (uncredited) Unowned
James Nolan Policeman (uncredited) Unowned
Theodore Rand Cocktail Waiter (uncredited) Unowned
Betty Underwood Miss Vantay (uncredited) Unowned
Nancy Valentine Lucille Gosler (uncredited) Unowned
Charles Flynn Officer Hogan (uncredited) Unowned