Strange Bargain
"$10,000 If You Make My Suicide Look Like MURDER!"
1949 | 68m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Will Price |
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| Writer: | J.H. Wallis, Lillie Hayward |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 05, 1949 |
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| Director: | Will Price |
| Writer: | J.H. Wallis, Lillie Hayward |
| Genres: | Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | film noir, framed |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Martha Scott | Georgia Wilson |
| Jeffrey Lynn | Sam Wilson |
| Harry Morgan | Richard Webb |
| Katherine Emery | Edna Jarvis |
| Richard Gaines | Malcolm Jarvis |
| Henry O'Neill | Timothy Hearne |
| Walter Sande | Sergeant Cord |
| Michael Chapin | Roddy Wilson |
| Arlene Gray | Hilda Wilson |
| Raymond Roe | Sydney Jarvis |
| Robert Bray | Detective McTay |
| Dan Foster | Tip (uncredited) |
| Joel Friedkin | Canon (uncredited) |
| John Hamilton | Employee at Meeting (uncredited) |
| James Nolan | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Theodore Rand | Cocktail Waiter (uncredited) |
| Betty Underwood | Miss Vantay (uncredited) |
| Nancy Valentine | Lucille Gosler (uncredited) |
| Charles Flynn | Officer Hogan (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Friedrich Hollaender | Original Music Composer |
| Albert S. D'Agostino | Art Direction |
| C. Bakaleinikoff | Music Director |
| Will Price | Director |
| J.H. Wallis | Story |
| Harry J. Wild | Director of Photography |
| Frederic Knudtson | Editor |
| Lillie Hayward | Screenplay |
| Carroll Clark | Art Direction |
| Darrell Silvera | Set Decoration |
| James Altwies | Set Decoration |
| Francis M. Sarver | Sound |
| Terry Kellum | Sound |
| Josef Norin | Makeup Artist |
| Fae M. Smith | Hairstylist |
| Harold Lewis | Production Manager |
| Sam Ruman | Assistant Director |
| James Almond | Gaffer |
| Jim Kirley | Grip |
| Gaston Longet | Still Photographer |
| Charles Straumer | Camera Operator |
| Mercy Weireter | Script Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sid Rogell | Producer |
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