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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
Synopsis. Urged by his wife Georgia, Sam Wilson, a financially strapped assistant bookkeeper at a Beverly Hills securities firm, asks his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, for a modest raise. Instead of granting Sam's request, Jarvis reveals that his company is going bankrupt and Sam, a twelve-year veteran, is losing his job.
- Will Price, Sam Ruman
- Martha Scott
Strange Bargain (1949) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
A bookkeeper helps his boss with an insurance scam in this B-rated movie from 1949. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, and read the reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Mystery & Thriller
- Will Price
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.
Strange Bargain. Summaries. 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.
