Strange Bargain
1949
⏱️ 68 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
MysteryThriller
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.
Cast
Crew
Director
Will Price
Writer
J.H. Wallis, Lillie Hayward
Producer
Sid Rogell
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Keywords
film noirframedframed for murder