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Strange Bargain is a 1949 American crime mystery starring Martha Scott and Jeffrey Lynn. It is directed by Will Price. Harry Morgan appears in support. It is the story of a bookkeeper in need of money who agrees against his own better judgment to help a wealthy man carry out a duplicitous suicide plan.
Strange Bargain: Directed by Will Price. With Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan, Katherine Emery. In order to cash-in a life insurance policy, a failing business owner asks one of his employees, who has financial woes of his own, to aid him in disguising his suicide into a robbery-murder.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Will Price
- 1949-11-05
Strange Bargain (1949) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In order to cash-in a life insurance policy, a failing business owner asks one of his employees, who has financial woes of his own, to aid him in disguising his suicide into a robbery-murder. Sam Wilson is having a hard time making ends meet.
Overview. 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.
A bookkeeper (Jeffrey Lynn) with a wife (Martha Scott) and family helps his boss with an insurance scam.
- Mystery & Thriller
Strange Bargain - If this low-key mystery looks familiar, odds are you're a devoted fan of Murder She Wrote. Almost 40 years after the film's premiere, Jessica Fletcher re-opened the case, using scenes from the original film as flashbacks and casting stars Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn and Harry Morgan as older versions of their original characters.