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Strange Bargain

Strange Bargain

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 5, 1949

Runtime

1h 8m

Genres

Mystery, Thriller

User Score

55%

Original Title

Strange Bargain

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Director

Will Price

Description

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.