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Strange Bargain (1949)

Strange Bargain (1949)

Thriller Mystery

"$10,000 If You Make My Suicide Look Like MURDER!"

Release Date: 1949, November 5
Directors: Will Price
Countries: United States of America
Production: RKO Radio Pictures
Cast: Martha Scott, Michael Chapin, Dan Foster, Charles Flynn, Walter Sande, Harry Morgan, Robert Bray, James Nolan, John Hamilton, Richard Gaines, Jeffrey Lynn, Betty Underwood

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. Sam declines, but when he goes to see Jarvis and finds his dead body, he reluctantly goes along with the scheme.

Keywords:

film noir framed for murder framed