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Strange Bargain (1949)

5.7 | Nov 05, 1949 (US) | Mystery, Thriller | 01:08

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

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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Martha Scott
Georgia Wilson
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Jeffrey Lynn
Sam Wilson
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Harry Morgan
Richard Webb
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Katherine Emery
Edna Jarvis
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Richard Gaines
Malcolm Jarvis
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Henry O'Neill
Timothy Hearne
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Walter Sande
Sergeant Cord
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Michael Chapin
Roddy Wilson
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Arlene Gray
Hilda Wilson
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Raymond Roe
Sydney Jarvis