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Strange Bargain (1950)

Strange Bargain poster
Directed by
Will Price
Genre
drama film, film noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 08m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A struggling bookkeeper is pressured into assisting a rich man with a shady suicide scheme. He gets entangled in a web of deceit and crime.

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What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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