Strange Bargain.
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✎ Suggest a correctionAn unwilling accomplice to a supposed suicide is finally cleared of suspicion when the murderer is discovered.
Bookkeeper Sam Wilson learns from his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, that he is losing his job. Jarvis says he intends to commit suicide, but wants Sam to make it look like a murder. Sam declines, but reluctantly goes along with the scheme. He disposes of the weapon as well, so Jarvis's fingerprints from the suicide won't be found.
Bookkeeper Sam Wilson learns from his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, that he is losing his job. Jarvis says he intends to commit suicide, but wants Sam to make it look like a murder. Sam declines, but reluctantly goes along with the scheme. He disposes of the weapon as well, so Jarvis's fingerprints from the suicide won't be found.
Credits
- Cast
- Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn
Copyright
8Sep49 L2526, renewed 19Nov76 R646633 Renewal claimant: RKO General, Inc Original author: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc © RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 8Sep49; LP2526.
Complete catalog record
STRANGE BARGAIN. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., c1949. 68 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. Based on a story by J. H. Wallis. Summary: An unwilling accomplice to a supposed suicide is finally cleared of suspicion when the murderer is discovered. Credits: Producer, Sid Rogell; director, Will Price; screenplay, Lillie Hayward; music, Frederick Hollander; music director, C. Bakaleinikoff; film editor, Frederick Knudtson. Cast: Martha Scott, Jeffry Lynn, Henry Morgan, Katherine Emery, Richard Gaines. © RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.; 8Sep49; LP2526.
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