01 Aug 2021
Softboiled
Having run out of weed, Norville visits his close friend and drug dealer Gary, only to find himself ravelled in an absurd conspiracy that only he can get to the bottom of.
Strange Bargain
"$10,000 If You Make My Suicide Look Like MURDER!"
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. Sam declines, but when he goes to see Jarvis and finds his dead body, he reluctantly goes along with the scheme.
Top Billed Cast
Martha Scott Georgia Wilson
Jeffrey Lynn Sam Wilson
Harry Morgan Richard Webb
Katherine Emery Edna Jarvis
Richard Gaines Malcolm Jarvis
Henry O'Neill Timothy Hearne
Walter Sande Sergeant Cord
Michael Chapin Roddy Wilson
Arlene Gray Hilda Wilson
Raymond Roe Sydney Jarvis
Robert Bray Detective McTay
Dan Foster Tip (uncredited)
Joel Friedkin Canon (uncredited)
John Hamilton Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
James Nolan Policeman (uncredited)
Theodore Rand Cocktail Waiter (uncredited)
Betty Underwood Miss Vantay (uncredited)
Nancy Valentine Lucille Gosler (uncredited)
Charles Flynn Officer Hogan (uncredited)
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