Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Strange Bargain (1949)


RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by Will Price
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

Assistant bookkeeper Jeffrey Lynn barely scrapes by on his wages at a law firm. He lives in the suburbs with his devoted wife and kids, who encourage him to ask for a raise one day. Instead, he gets fired, but his boss proposes another arrangement on the way home from work. The law firm is going under and he plans to commit suicide and leave the life insurance to his own wife and son, but wants Lynn to help him make it look like murder. Pesky police detective Harry Morgan is assigned the case, and the clues all lead to Lynn who must deal with his guilty conscience. Good mystery with a twist that is difficult to anticipate.

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