Strange Bargain (1949) — mystery, thriller film. Directed by Will Price. Starring Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan, Katherine Emery. This page maps 3 characters and 3 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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A financially desperate employee becomes trapped in a staged murder scheme before guilt exposes a more dangerous truth.
Mystery, Thriller · 5.8/10 · 68 min · 1949
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.
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