1953
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Strange Bargain è un film statunitense del 1949 diretto da Will Price . È un film noir basato su un romanzo di J.H. Wallis con protagonisti Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn e Harry Morgan . Indice. 1 Trama. 2 Produzione. 3 Distribuzione. 4 Curiosità. 5 Note. 6 Bibliografia. 7 Voci correlate. 8 Collegamenti esterni. Trama.
Strange Bargain is a 1949 American crime mystery starring Martha Scott and Jeffrey Lynn. It is directed by Will Price. Harry Morgan appears in support. [2] It is the story of a bookkeeper in need of money who agrees against his own better judgment to help a wealthy man carry out a duplicitous suicide plan. Plot.
Strange Bargain: Directed by Will Price. With Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan, Katherine Emery. In order to cash-in a life insurance policy, a failing business owner asks one of his employees, who has financial woes of his own, to aid him in disguising his suicide into a robbery-murder.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Will Price
- 1949-11-05
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.
Synopsis. Urged by his wife Georgia, Sam Wilson, a financially strapped assistant bookkeeper at a Beverly Hills securities firm, asks his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, for a modest raise. Instead of granting Sam's request, Jarvis reveals that his company is going bankrupt and Sam, a twelve-year veteran, is losing his job.
- Will Price, Sam Ruman
- Martha Scott
Strange Bargain is a film directed by Will Price with Martha Scott, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan, Katherine Emery .... Year: 1949. Original title: Strange Bargain. Synopsis: Sam Wilson is having a hard time making ends meet. When he asks his boss for a raise, he finds out that the company is closing down and he'll be out of a job.
Harry Morgan, a noir regular, shines in a lead role as police lieutenant Richard Webb, the chief investigator with a limp who slowly unwinds the case while tightening the tension on Wilson. While it’s short on visual thrills, the film’s plot and pacing keep viewers gripped for the full 68-minute running time.
