5.8Strange Bargain · 1949
Strange Bargain (1949) is a Mystery / Thriller film directed by Will Price, starring Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan.
5.8Strange Bargain (1949) is a Mystery / Thriller film directed by Will Price, starring Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan.
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.
Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan, Katherine Emery, Richard Gaines, Henry O'Neill, Walter Sande, Michael Chapin
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Find a movie by describing itBookkeeper 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.
Strange Bargain was released in 1949.
The cast includes Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan, Katherine Emery.