Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

That was an excellent one.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

"Strange Bargain" doesn't have any big stars, but its cast is very capable, the direction is good, and the script is excellent. It's a story of a suicide gone wrong, which is a little unusual.Sam Wilson (Jeffrey Lynn) is approached by his boss Mr. Jarvis (Richard Gaines), who tells Sam that he's going to kill himself. In order for his family to collect insurance, he has to make his death look like murder. Jarvis gives Wilson $10,000 to fake the murder, but things don't go the way anyone plans. There's a neat little twist at the end and Sam reunites with his faithful wife Georgia (Martha Scott).Lynn, Scott, and Gaines are great, as is Harry Morgan as a wise police detective. The little-known Katherine Emery is very good as Jarvis' conniving, grasping wife. As many reviewers have noted, Scott, Lynn, and Morgan reunited in 1987 for a TV episode to recreate their parts. It's a good treat for those who love late 1940s films, and it'll keep your attention at all times.

Richard Gaines (Jarvis) really sucks at running a company. Not only that but he has also blown his inheritance. Now he's feeling guilty and is prepared to kill himself in order to provide for his wife Katherine Emery (Mrs Jarvis) and his son. He hatches a plan to kill himself but it must look like murder if his family is to benefit from his life insurance, so he asks employee Jeffrey Lynn (Sam Wilson) to help him with his pre-planned actions. Lynn gets reluctantly caught up in the plan but is all as it seems? Harry Morgan (Lt Webb) arrives on the scene with his cane to sort things out.The best part of the film comes near the beginning as Jeffrey Lynn politely asks his boss Gaines for a pay rise and is promptly told that he is sacked. Wow. That was pretty harsh. But pretty funny. The story moves along at a good pace but it does, unfortunately, involve an annoying child in the form of Michael Chapin (Roddy), who demonstrates everything that is annoying about children - his language "Gee this" and "Gee that" and "Dad, you're a card" - aaaargh, shut up you brat. Martha Scott (Mrs Wilson) also has a peculiar character. She starts off as a homely mother who suddenly undergoes a character change to become a busy-body who wants to poke her nose and interfere in the lives of others that she doesn't know. It doesn't ring true and she definitely does not merit top billing in the film.Overall, there is enough of a story to keep you watching and it's quite enjoyable trying to work out who-dunnit.

A financially struggling family man (Jeffry Lynn) gets involuntarily involved in the apparent suicide of his boss (Richard Gaines), a failure as a business man, who has lost all of his inheritance, and whose accounting firm is rapidly going bankrupt. When his body is found in the library of his swank Beverly Hills mansion, it looks like a murder, which is what Gaines supposedly wanted, in order for his life insurance money to go to his social-climbing wife (Katherine Emory), whose performance is worth watching, and son. The strong point of the film is Lynn's character's anguish, now leading a double life of sorts as he has to keep everything a secret from his wife (Martha Scott) and two kids. His performance is not half bad, and makes watching the film worth the effort. Henry Morgan's part as a tough wounded WW2 vet and now a star LAPD detective who walks around with a cane is undermined by too many one-liners, although he and Lynn's son (Michael Chapin) make a few references to the gas chamber, letting us know what whoever does get caught will be facing.

A sedate thriller built upon the insecurities of the newly emergent white-collar class, Strange Bargain offers solid production values and brisk direction. Jeffrey Lynn (who looks like a solution of Ray Milland and Bruce Bennett) is a hard-working family man who earns his keep as an accountant. One morning when the milk bill comes due he screws up his courage to ask for a raise; when he does, his boss tells him that the firm's at the brink of bankruptcy, and lets him go. But wait -- there's more! The boss plans to kill himself but make it look like murder so his wife can collect the insurance; for helping, he offers Lynn $10-grand. Lynn tries to prevent the suicide but arrives too late, finding his boss already dead. Enter a police detective (Harry Morgan) whose instincts tell him all is not as it seems (not only to him, but to us as well). Morgan aside, you're not likely to recognize any of the cast, but the story works itself out neatly and holds your interest. Too polite and middle-class to be true noir, Strange Bargain nontheless delivers what it promises.