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Strange Bargain
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Strange Bargain

1949
Directed byWill Price
1h 8m

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 ScottGeorgia WilsonJeffrey LynnSam Wilson
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Harry Morgan
Richard Webb
Katherine EmeryEdna Jarvis
Richard GainesMalcolm Jarvis
Henry O'NeillTimothy Hearne
Walter SandeSergeant Cord
Michael ChapinRoddy Wilson
Arlene GrayHilda Wilson
Raymond RoeSydney Jarvis
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GENRES
MysteryThriller
STATUSReleased
RATING
5.7

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