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False Pretenses

6.5/10
TMDB8 votes
Original: 86 min

Falling victim to a glib con artist named Michael (Stewart Bick), Texas housewife Diane (Peta Wilson) loses all her money, a disaster that drives her husband Randal (Anthony Lemke) to suicide. Unable to get justice through the official channels, Diane mounts her own plan of revenge. This involves assuming a new identity, trading in her blonde tresses for a redheaded "do", moving to a small town, and systematically seducing the man who ruined her life. One of six "no frills" TV movies produced in Canada for the Lifetime cable network at a flat cost of 2 million each,

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About False Pretenses

False Pretenses (2004) is a film in the tv movie, thriller, drama genres. Directed by . The cast includes Peta Wilson, Stewart Bick, Melanie Nicholls-King, Conrad Pla.

Released
Original language
Runtime
86 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
United States of America, Canada
Production companies
Power, Incendo Productions, Power, Lifetime
Directors
Writers
Tom Swale

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What is False Pretenses about?

Falling victim to a glib con artist named Michael (Stewart Bick), Texas housewife Diane (Peta Wilson) loses all her money, a disaster that drives her husband Randal (Anthony Lemke) to suicide. Unable to get justice through the official channels, Diane mounts her own plan of revenge. This involves assuming a new identity, trading in her blonde tresses for a redheaded "do", moving to a small town, and systematically seducing the man who ruined her life. One of six "no frills" TV movies produced in Canada for the Lifetime cable network at a flat cost of 2 million each,

Who stars in False Pretenses?

Peta Wilson, Stewart Bick, Melanie Nicholls-King, Conrad Pla, Francis X. McCarthy, Anthony Lemke. See the cast cards above for character names.

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